Zechariah:9-11

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* The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof : when the eyes of man , as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the LORD . * And Hamath also shall border thereby ; Tyrus , and Zidon , though it be very wise . * And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold , and heaped up silver as the dust , and fine gold as the mire of the streets . * Behold , the Lord will cast her out , and he will smite her power in the sea ; and she shall be devoured with fire . * Ashkelon shall see it , and fear ; Gaza also shall see it , 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 . * And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod , and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines . * And I will take away his blood out of his mouth , and his abominations from between his teeth : but he that remaineth , even he , shall be for our God , and he shall be as a governor in Judah , and Ekron as a Jebusite . * 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 . * 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 , and upon a colt the foal of an ass . * 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 shall be from sea even to sea , and from the river even to the ends of the earth . * As for thee also , by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water . * Turn you to the strong hold , ye prisoners of hope : even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee ; * 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 . * 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 . * The LORD of hosts shall defend them ; and they shall devour , and subdue with sling stones ; and they shall drink , and make a noise as through wine ; and they shall be filled like bowls , and as the corners of the altar . * 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 up as an ensign upon his land . * For how great is his goodness , and how great is his beauty ! corn shall make the young men cheerful , and new wine the maids . * Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain ; so the LORD shall make bright clouds , and give them showers of rain , to every one grass in the field . * For the idols have spoken vanity , and the diviners have seen a lie , and have told false dreams ; they comfort in vain : therefore they went their way as a flock , they were troubled , because there was no shepherd . * Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds , and I punished the goats : for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah , and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle . * Out of him came forth the corner , out of him the nail , out of him the battle bow , out of him every oppressor together . * And they shall be as mighty men , which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle : and they shall fight , because the LORD is with them , and the riders on horses shall be confounded . * And I will strengthen the house of Judah , and I will save the house of Joseph , and I will bring them again to place them ; for I have mercy upon them : and they shall be as though I had not cast them off : for I am the LORD their God , and will hear them . * And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man , and their heart shall rejoice as through wine : yea , their children shall see it , and be glad ; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD . * I will hiss for them , and gather them ; for I have redeemed them : and they shall increase as they have increased . * And I will sow them among the people : and they shall remember me in far countries ; and they shall live with their children , and turn again . * I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt , and gather them out of Assyria ; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon ; and place shall not be found for them . * And he shall pass through the sea with affliction , and shall smite the waves in the sea , and all the deeps of the river shall dry up : and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down , and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away . * And I will strengthen them in the LORD ; and they shall walk up and down in his name , saith the LORD . * Open thy doors , O Lebanon , that the fire may devour thy cedars . * Howl , fir tree ; for the cedar is fallen ; because the mighty are spoiled : howl , O ye oaks of Bashan ; for the forest of the vintage is come down . * There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds ; for their glory is spoiled : a voice of the roaring of young lions ; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled . * Thus saith the LORD my God ; Feed the flock of the slaughter ; * Whose possessors slay them , and hold themselves not guilty : and they that sell them say , Blessed be the LORD ; for I am rich : and their own shepherds pity them not . * For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land , saith the LORD : but , lo , I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour 's hand , and into the hand of his king : and they shall smite the land , and out of their hand I will not deliver them . * And I will feed the flock of slaughter , even you , O poor of the flock . And I took unto me two staves ; the one I called Beauty , and the other I called Bands ; and I fed the flock . * Three shepherds also I cut off in one month ; and my soul lothed them , and their soul also abhorred me . * Then said I , I will not feed you : that that dieth , let it die ; and that that is to be cut off , let it be cut off ; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another . * And I took my staff , even Beauty , and cut it asunder , that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people . * And it was broken in that day : and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD . * And I said unto them , If ye think good , give me my price ; and if not , forbear . So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver . * And the LORD said unto me , Cast it unto the potter : a goodly price that I was prised at of them . And I took the thirty pieces of silver , and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD . * Then I cut asunder mine other staff , even Bands , that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel . * And the LORD said unto me , Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd . * For , lo , I will raise up a shepherd in the land , which shall not visit those that be cut off , neither shall seek the young one , nor heal that that is broken , nor feed that that standeth still : but he shall eat the flesh of the fat , and tear their claws in pieces . * Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock ! the sword shall be upon his arm , and upon his right eye : his arm shall be clean dried up , and his right eye shall be utterly darkened . * The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel , saith the LORD , which stretcheth forth the heavens , and layeth the foundation of the earth , and formeth the spirit of man within him .

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