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Zechariah 9:8–14

Zechariah 9:8–145 matched frames

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

  • A 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.
    • B 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.
      • C 10 And I will cut off the chariot FROM EPHRAIM, and the horse from Jerusalem,
        • D 10 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.
          • E 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.
          • E' 12 Turn you to the strong hold, YE PRISONERS of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
        • D' 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled THE BOW
      • C' 13 WITH EPHRAIM,
    • B' 13 and raised up THY SONS, O ZION, against THY SONS, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
  • A' 14 And Yahweh SHALL BE SEEN over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord Yahweh shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
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