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I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths
    and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.
Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God
    and become like a clan in Judah.[a]
The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,
    as the ancient Jebusites once did.
I will guard my Temple
    and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
    that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people’s land.

Zion’s Coming King

Rejoice, O people of Zion![b]
    Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
    He is righteous and victorious,[c]
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
    riding on a donkey’s colt.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 Hebrew like a leader in Judah.
  2. 9:9a Hebrew O daughter of Zion!
  3. 9:9b Hebrew and is being vindicated.

I will take the blood from their mouths,
    the forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those who are left will belong to our God(A)
    and become a clan in Judah,
    and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.(B)
But I will encamp(C) at my temple
    to guard it against marauding forces.(D)
Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,
    for now I am keeping watch.(E)

The Coming of Zion’s King

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(F)
    Shout,(G) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(H)
    righteous and victorious,(I)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(J)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(K)

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