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12 Return to the [a](A)stronghold, O prisoners [b]who have the (B)hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will return (C)double to you.
13 For I will (D)bend Judah [c]as My bow;
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O [d](E)Greece;
And I will make you like a (F)mighty man’s sword.
14 Then Yahweh will appear (G)over them,
And His (H)arrow will go forth like lightning;
And Lord Yahweh will blow the (I)trumpet
And will go in the (J)storm winds of the south.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:12 Or Stronghold
  2. Zechariah 9:12 Lit of the hope
  3. Zechariah 9:13 Lit for Me
  4. Zechariah 9:13 Lit Javan

12 Return to your fortress,(A) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(B) as much to you.
13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(C)
    and fill it with Ephraim.(D)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,(E)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.(F)

The Lord Will Appear

14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(G)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.(H)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(I)
    he will march in the storms(J) of the south,

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