Zechariah 9:9

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Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King (Messianic King) is coming to you;
He is righteous and endowed with salvation,
^[a]Humble and unassuming [in submission to the will of the Father] and riding on a ^[b]donkey,
Upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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Footnotes

Zechariah 9:9 Quoted in the NT to describe the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, see Matt 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-38; John 12:14-16.
Zechariah 9:9 As a matter of discussion, the ancient rabbis noted an apparent contradiction between the coming of the Messiah with the clouds of heaven in Dan 7:13, and his riding on a donkey as prophesied here. Their solution was that Messiah would come with the clouds if Israel was worthy, but on a donkey if Israel was not.

Zechariah 9:9 in all English translations

Matthew 21:9

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⁹The crowds that went ahead of Him, and those that followed Him, were shouting [in praise and adoration],

“^[a]Hosanna to the Son of David (Messiah);
Blessed [praised, glorified] is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!”^(A)

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