Zechariah 9

1 oracle word LORD in/on/with land: country/planet Hadrach and Damascus resting his for to/for LORD eye man and all tribe Israel

An oracle. The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD;

2 and also Hamath to border in/on/with her Tyre and Sidon for be wise much

and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

3 and to build Tyre siege to/for her and to heap silver: money like/as dust and gold like/as mud outside

Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.

4 behold Lord to possess: take her and to smite in/on/with sea strength her and he/she/it in/on/with fire to eat

Look, the LORD will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

5 to see: see Ashkelon and to fear and Gaza and to twist: writh in pain much and Ekron for be ashamed expectation her and to perish king from Gaza and Ashkelon not to dwell

Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6 and to dwell bastard in/on/with Ashdod and to cut: eliminate pride Philistine

Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 and to turn aside: remove blood his from lip his and abomination his from between tooth his and to remain also he/she/it to/for God our and to be like/as chief in/on/with Judah and Ekron like/as Jebusite

I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 and to camp to/for house: home my guard from to pass and from to return: repent and not to pass upon them still to oppress for now to see: see in/on/with eye my

I will camp around my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.

9 to rejoice much daughter Zion to shout daughter Jerusalem behold king your to come (in): come to/for you righteous and to save he/she/it afflicted and to ride upon donkey and upon colt son: child she-ass

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion. Shout, daughter of Jerusalem. Look, your king comes to you. He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 and to cut: eliminate chariot from Ephraim and horse from Jerusalem and to cut: eliminate bow battle and to speak: speak peace to/for nation and dominion his from sea till sea and from River till end land: country/planet

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the farthest parts of the earth.

11 also you(f. s.) in/on/with blood covenant your to send: let go prisoner your from pit nothing water in/on/with him

As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

12 to return: return to/for stronghold prisoner [the] hope also [the] day to tell second to return: rescue to/for you

Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

13 for to tread to/for me Judah bow to fill Ephraim and to rouse son: descendant/people your Zion upon son: descendant/people your Greece and to set: put you like/as sword mighty man

For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

14 and LORD upon them to see: see and to come out: come like/as lightning arrow his and Lord YHWH/God in/on/with trumpet to blow and to go: walk in/on/with tempest south

The LORD will be seen over them; and his arrow will go forth like lightning; and the LORD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

15 LORD Hosts to defend upon them and to eat and to subdue stone sling and to drink to roar like wine and to fill like/as bowl like/as corner altar

The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

16 and to save them LORD God their in/on/with day [the] he/she/it like/as flock people his for stone consecration: crown to shine upon land: soil his

The LORD their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they are like the jewels of a crown, lifted on high over his land.

17 for what? goodness his and what? beauty his grain youth and new wine to bear fruit virgin

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty. Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.