{"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/dbt/zechariah/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:04:33.322Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 Jehovah, in the land of Hadrach, and on Damascus shall it rest; (for Jehovah hath an eye upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel;)"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and also on Hamath which bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Behold, the Lord will take possession of her, 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; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, 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 remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of those that pass by and that return; and the exactor shall not pass through them any more: for now have I seen it with mine eyes."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and rIding upon an ass, even upon 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 unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee like the sword of a mighty man."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will march with whirlwinds of the south."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Jehovah 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 upon his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 9 (DBT)","markdown":"[Zechariah 9](https://primebible.com/dbt/zechariah/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/zechariah/9 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}