{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Zechariah",
 "chapter": 9,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;"
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids."
  }
 ],
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