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Texts -- Zechariah 9:2-17 (NET)

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9:2 as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon , though they consider themselves to be very wise . 9:3 Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets ! 9:4 Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea – she will be consumed by fire . 9:5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid ; Gaza will be in great anguish , as will Ekron , for her hope will have been dried up . Gaza will lose her king , and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited . 9:6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod , for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines . 9:7 I will take away their abominable religious practices ; practices ; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God , like a clan in Judah , and Ekron will be like the Jebusites . 9:8 Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth ; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor , for now I myself have seen it. 9:9 Rejoice greatly , daughter of Zion ! Shout , daughter of Jerusalem ! Look ! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious , humble and riding on a donkey – on a young donkey , the foal of a female donkey . 9:10 I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem , and the battle bow will be removed . Then he will announce peace to the nations . His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth . 9:11 Moreover, as for you , because of our covenant relationship secured with blood , I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit . 9:12 Return to the stronghold , you prisoners , with hope ; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you. 9:13 I will bend Judah as my bow ; I will load the bow with Ephraim , my arrow! I will stir up your sons , Zion , against yours, Greece , and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword . 9:14 Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning ; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds . 9:15 The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones . Then they will drink , and will become noisy like drunkards , full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar . 9:16 On that day the Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people , for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land . 9:17 How precious and fair ! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women .

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  • Bernyanyilah, Puteri Sion [KJ.90]
  • Gapuramu Lapangkanlah [KJ.87]
  • Hai Waris Kerajaan [KJ.88]
  • Putri Sion, Nyanyilah [KJ.91]
  • Terbitlah dalam Kegelapan [KJ.107]
  • Yerusalem, Pusaka Daud [KJ.155]
  • [Zec 9:9] Ride On, Ride On In Majesty!
  • [Zec 9:12] Prisoners Of Hope, Arise

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