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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.
9
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.
10
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 river
even
to the ends of the earth.
11
As for thee also, by the blood
of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein
is
no water.
12
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare
that
I will render
double unto thee;
13
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.
14
And
the L
ORD
shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the L
ORD
GOD
shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
15
The L
ORD
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.
16
And the L
ORD
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.
17
For how great
is
his goodness, and how great
is
his
beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
CHAPTER 10
Ask ye of the L
ORD
rain in the time of the latter rain;
so
the L
ORD
shall make bright clouds, and
give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2
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.
3
Mine anger was kindled
against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the L
ORD
of hosts hath visited his flock the
house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
4
Out of him came forth the
corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
5
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 L
ORD
is
with them, and the riders on horses shall be
confounded.
6
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 L
ORD
their God, and will hear them.
7
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 L
ORD
.
8
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have
redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
9
And I will sow them among the
people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and
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