>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/zech/9?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#08a09::c08a09) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/zechariah/9.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Zechariah/9.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/zec/9/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>In Zechariah 9, the prophet Zechariah speaks to the people of Israel, conveying God's message of judgment against their enemies and the promise of a savior king who will bring peace and salvation. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God will protect His people and send them a special king who brings peace and happiness. Everyone should be happy because this king is very kind and good. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Zechariah 9 prophesies the downfall of Israel's enemies, highlighting God's protection over His people. The chapter foretells the coming of a humble and just king who will bring salvation and peace, extending his dominion across the earth. God's covenant promises deliverance and blessings for His people, emphasizing His goodness and beauty. > >#Gospel/Prophecy #Gospel/JehovahsProtection #Gospel/JesusChrist ###### 1 1 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. ###### 2 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. ###### 3 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. ###### 4 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. ###### 5 5 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. ###### 6 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. ###### 7 7 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. ###### 8 8 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. ###### 9 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 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 the river even to the ends of the earth. ###### 11 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 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 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 14 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. ###### 15 15 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. ###### 16 16 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. ###### 17 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.