{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/zechariah/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T18:12:23.721Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remains, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of an ass."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double to you;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you as the sword of a mighty man."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign on his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 9 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 9](https://primebible.com/akjv/zechariah/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/zechariah/9 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}