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Zechariah 9:13

World English Bible

For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece,
and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

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Zechariah 9:13 in other translations

For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Zechariah 9:13 · American Standard Version

Zechariah 9:13 in context

  1. 11As for you also,
    because of the blood of your covenant,
    I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
  2. 12Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!
    Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
  3. 13For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
    I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
    and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,
    and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
  4. 14Yahweh will be seen over them;
    and his arrow will go flash like lightning;
    and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,
    and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
  5. 15Yahweh of Armies will defend them;
    and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones;
    and they will drink, and roar as through wine;
    and they will be filled like bowls,
    like the corners of the altar.