The Glorious and Purified Remnant

Then the remnant of Jacob(A)
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,(B)
like showers on the grass,(C)
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.
Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among the nations, among many peoples,
like a lion among animals of the forest,(D)
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramples(E) and tears(F) as it passes through,
and there is no one to rescue them.(G)
Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries,(H)
and all your enemies will be destroyed.

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13 For I will bend Judah as My bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.[a](A)
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.(B)
15 The Lord of Hosts will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.(C)
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,(D)
like those at the corners of the altar.(E)
16 The Lord their God will save them on that day
as the flock of His people;(F)
for they are like jewels in a crown,(G)
sparkling over His land.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:13 Lit Javan

My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders.[a]
For the Lord of Hosts has tended His flock,
the house of Judah;
He will make them like His majestic steed in battle.
The cornerstone(A) will come from Judah.[b]
The tent peg(B) will come from them
and also the battle bow(C) and every[c] ruler.
Together they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.[d]
I will restore[e] them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.(D)
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:3 Lit male goats
  2. Zechariah 10:4 Lit them
  3. Zechariah 10:4 Lit also from them the . . . , from them every
  4. Zechariah 10:6 = the northern kingdom
  5. Zechariah 10:6 Other Hb mss, LXX read settle

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