Zechariah 9:9-11

Contemporary English Version

^9 (A) Everyone in Jerusalem,
    celebrate and shout!
Your king has won a victory,
    and he is coming to you.
He is humble
    and rides on a donkey;
he comes on the colt
    of a donkey.
^10 (B) I, the Lord, will take away
war chariots and horses
    from Israel^[a] and Jerusalem.
Bows that were made for battle
    will be broken.
I will bring peace to nations,
and your king will rule
    from sea to sea.
His kingdom will reach
from the Euphrates River
    across the earth.

^11 (C) When I made a sacred agreement
with you, my people,
    we sealed it with blood.^[b]
Now some of you are captives
    in waterless pits,
but I will come to your rescue