Zechariah 9:8-10

New Living Translation

⁸I will guard my Temple
and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people’s land.

Zion’s Coming King

⁹Rejoice, O people of Zion!^[a]
    Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
    He is righteous and victorious,^[b]
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
    riding on a donkey’s colt.
¹⁰I will remove the battle chariots from Israel^[c]
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem.
I will destroy all the weapons used in battle,
    and your king will bring peace to the nations.
His realm will stretch from sea to sea
    and from the Euphrates River^[d] to the ends of the earth.^[e]

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Footnotes

9:9a Hebrew O daughter of Zion!
9:9b Hebrew and is being vindicated.
9:10a Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 9:13.
9:10b Hebrew the river.
9:10c Or the end of the land.