9. Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion!Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem!Look! Your King is coming to you:He is righteous and victorious.He is humble and rides on a donkey,on a colt, a young pack animal.
10. He will make sure there are no chariots in Ephraimor war horses in Jerusalem.There will be no battle bows.He will announce peace to the nations.He will rule from sea to seaand from the ⌊Euphrates⌋ River to the ends of the earth.
11. I will set your captives free from the waterless pitbecause of the blood that sealed my promise to you.
12. Return to your fortress, you captives who have hope.Today I tell you that I will return to you double ⌊blessings⌋.
13. I will bend Judah as my bowand draw my bow with Ephraim ⌊as its arrow⌋.I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece,and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.
14. The Lord will appear over them,and his arrow will go out like lightning.The Almighty Lord will blow the ram’s hornand will march in the storms from the south.