(A)Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your (B)king is coming to you;
He is [a](C)righteous and (D)endowed with salvation,
(E)Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a (F)colt, the [b]foal of a donkey.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:9 Or vindicated and victorious
  2. Zechariah 9:9 Lit son of a female donkey

The Coming of Zion’s King

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(A)
    Shout,(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(C)
    righteous and victorious,(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(E)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(F)

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10 And I took my staff [a](A)Favor and cut it in pieces, to [b](B)break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was [c]broken on that day, and [d]so the (C)afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the Lord. 12 And I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my (D)wages; but if not, [e]never mind!” So they weighed out (E)thirty shekels of silver as my wages. 13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the (F)potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:10 Or Pleasantness
  2. Zechariah 11:10 Or annul
  3. Zechariah 11:11 Or annulled
  4. Zechariah 11:11 Another reading is the sheep dealers who
  5. Zechariah 11:12 Lit cease

10 Then I took my staff called Favor(A) and broke it, revoking(B) the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.

12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.(C)

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver(D) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(E)

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