9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus {shall be} the rest of it: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, {shall be} towards the LORD. 
9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus {shall be} the rest of it: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, {shall be} toward the LORD. 

9:2 And Hamath also shall border by it; Tyre and Zidon, though it be very wise. 
9:2 And Hamath also shall border by it; Tyre, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 

9:3 And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 
9:3 And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 

9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 
9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 

9:5 Ashkelon shall see {it}, and fear; Gaza also {shall see it}, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 
9:5 Ashkelon shall see {it}, and fear; Gaza also {shall see it}, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 

9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 
9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 

9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, {shall be} for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 
9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, {shall be} for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 

9:8 And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes. 
9:8 And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes. 

9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh to thee: he {is} just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 
9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh to thee: he {is} just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey. 

9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle-bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the heathen: and his dominion {shall be} from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 
9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the heathen: and his dominion {shall be} from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 

9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit in which {is} no water. 
9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit in which {is} no water. 

9:12 Turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare {that} I will render double to thee; 
9:12 Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare {that} I will render double to thee; 

9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 
9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 

9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south. 
9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 

9:15 The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling-stones; and they shall drink, {and} make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, {and} as the corners of the altar. 
9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue the sling stones; and they shall drink, {and} make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, {and} as the corners of the altar. 

9:16 And the LORD their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people: for {they shall be as} the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 
9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they {shall be as} the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 

9:17 For how great {is} his goodness, and how great {is} his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. 
9:17 For how great {is} his goodness, and how great {is} his beauty! Grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.