{"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/web/zechariah/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:20:30.029Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"An oracle. The word of Yahweh 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 Yahweh;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will encamp 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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, 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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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 ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Yahweh of Armies 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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Yahweh 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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 9 (WEB)","markdown":"[Zechariah 9](https://primebible.com/web/zechariah/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/zechariah/9 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}