{"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/erv/zechariah/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:48:45.365Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting place: for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and Hamath also which bordereth thereon: Tyre and Zidon, because she is very wise."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Tyre 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 dispossess 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; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; 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; and he also shall be a remnant for our God: and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And I will encamp about mine house against the army, that none pass through or return: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto 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, because of the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that 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 stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee 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 shall tread down the sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine: and they shall be filled like bowls, like 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 on high over 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 maids."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 9 (ERV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 9](https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/9 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}