8 I will protect my Templefrom armies who would come or go.No one will hurt my people again,because now I am watching them.
9 Rejoice greatly, people of Jerusalem!Shout for joy, people of Jerusalem!Your king is coming to you.He does what is right, and he saves.He is gentle and riding on a donkey,on the colt of a donkey.
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraimand the horses from Jerusalem.The bows used in war will be broken.The king will talk to the nations about peace.His kingdom will go from sea to sea,and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you, because of the blood of the agreement with youI will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 You prisoners who have hope,return to your place of safety.Today I am telling youthat I will give you back twice as much as before.
13 I will use Judah like a bowand Ephraim like the arrows.Jerusalem, I will use your mento fight the men of Greece.I will use you like a warrior’s sword.
14 Then the Lord will appear above them,and his arrows will shoot like lightning.The Lord God will blow the trumpet,and he will march in the storms of the south.