9. Everyone in Jerusalem,celebrate and shout!Your king has won a victory,and he is coming to you.He is humbleand rides on a donkey;he comes on the coltof a donkey.
10. I, the Lord, will take awaywar chariots and horsesfrom Israel and Jerusalem.Bows that were made for battlewill be broken.I will bring peace to nations,and your king will rulefrom sea to sea.His kingdom will reachfrom the River Euphratesacross the earth.
11. When I made a sacred agreementwith you, my people,we sealed it with blood.Now some of you are captivesin waterless pits,but I will come to your rescue
12. and offer you hope.Return to your fortress,because today I will reward youwith twice what you had.
13. I will use Judah as my bowand Israel as my arrow.I will take the people of Zionas my swordand attack the Greeks.
14. Like a cloud, the Lord Godwill appear over his people,and his arrows will flashlike lightning.God will sound his trumpetand attack in a whirlwindfrom the south.
15. The Lord All-Powerfulwill protect his people,and they will trample downthe sharpshootersand their slingshots.They will drink and get rowdy;they will be as full as a bowlat the time of sacrifice.
16. The Lord God will save themon that day,because they are his people,and they will shine on his landlike jewels in a crown.