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Zechariah 9

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach , and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to Jehovah `is' the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel .)
This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD
And also Hamath doth border thereon , Tyre and Zidon , for -- very wise!
and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon , though they are very shrewd.
And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself , And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places .
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets .
Lo , the Lord doth dispossess her , And He hath smitten in the sea her force , And she with fire is consumed.
Behold , the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire .
See doth Ashkelon and fear , Also Gaza , and she is exceedingly pained , Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,
Ashkelon will see and fear ; Gaza will writhe in agony , as will Ekron , for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.
A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth , And he hath remained, even he, to our God , And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite .
I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth . Then they too will become a remnant for our God ; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites .
And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through , and of the returner , And pass not through against them again doth an exactor , For , now , I have seen with My eyes.
But I will camp around My house because of an army , because of those who march to and fro , and never again will an oppressor overrun My people , for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
Rejoice exceedingly , O daughter of Zion , Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem , Lo , thy King doth come to thee , Righteous -- and saved is He , Afflicted -- and riding on an ass , And on a colt -- a son of she-asses .
Rejoice greatly , O Daughter of Zion ! Shout in triumph , O Daughter of Jerusalem ! See , your King comes to you , righteous and victorious , humble and riding on a donkey , on a colt , the foal of a donkey .
And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim , And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations , And his rule `is' from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations . His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit , There is no water in it .
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Turn back to a fenced place , Ye prisoners of the hope , Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee .
Return to your stronghold , O prisoners of hope ; even today I declare that I will restore to you double .
For I have trodden for Me Judah , A bow I have filled ` with ' Ephraim , And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons , O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero .
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim . I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man .
And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow , And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.
Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine , And they have been full as a bowl , As corners of an altar.
The LORD of Hosts will shield them . They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine . And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls , drenched like the corners of the altar.
And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day , as a flock of His people , For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground .
On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people ; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land .
For what His goodness! and what His beauty ! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful!
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful ! Grain will make the young men flourish , and new wine , the young women.

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