<t /><p class="bodytext">A day of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is about to come when your possessions<n id="2" /> will be divided as plunder in your midst.

Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications<n id="1" /> into the sea &#8211; she will be consumed by fire.

Then say to him, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8220;Look &#8211; here is the man whose name is Branch,<n id="1" /> who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the <sc>Lordsc>.

&#8220;I am about to make Jerusalem<n id="1" /> a cup that brings dizziness<n id="2" /> to all the surrounding nations; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged.

As for the stone<n id="1" /> I have set before Joshua &#8211; on the one stone there are seven eyes.<n id="2" /> I am about to engrave an inscription on it,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all, &#8216;to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">Look! Your king is coming to you:p> <p class="poetry">he is legitimate<n id="1" /> and victorious,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">humble and riding on a donkey<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.p>

Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured.<n id="1" /> Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep<n id="2" /> and tear off their hooves.p>