{"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/kjv/zechariah/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:11:39.287Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>shall be</i> the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, <i>shall be</i> 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 <i>it</i>, and fear; Gaza also <i>shall see it</i>, 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 remaineth, even he, <i>shall be</i> 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 mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: 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 <i>is</i> just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and 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 heathen: and his dominion <i>shall be</i> from sea <i>even</i> to sea, and from the river <i>even</i> to the ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein <i>is</i> no water."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare <i>that</i> I will render double unto thee;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made 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 subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, <i>and</i> make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, <i>and</i> 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 <i>they shall be as</i> the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For how great <i>is</i> his goodness, and how great <i>is</i> his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 9 (KJV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 9](https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/9 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}