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Zechariah 9:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord of Armies will defend them. They will consume and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine. They will be as full as the sprinkling basin, like those at the corners of the altar.

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On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a brazier in a woodpile,  like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.


Ephraim  will be like a warrior, and their hearts will be glad as if with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the  Lord.


On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem,  so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord, before them.


They will be like warriors in battle trampling down the mud of the streets. They will fight because the  Lord is with them, and they will put horsemen to shame.


Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece.  Overlay it with bronze.


Then the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering.  The rest of its blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.


He is to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.


And don’t get drunk  with wine,  which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:


For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.


On that day, the words Holy to the Lord will be on the bells of the horses.  The pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sprinkling basins before the altar.


How lovely and beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.


Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples  and tears  as it passes through, and there is no one to rescue them.


‘Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!


I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’


Your mouth  is like fine wine   – flowing smoothly for my love, gliding past my lips and teeth!


I have come to my garden #– #my sister, my bride. I gather  my myrrh with my spices. I eat my honeycomb with my honey. I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, be intoxicated with caresses!  ,


Take me with you   #– #let’s hurry. Oh, that the king would bring  me to his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will celebrate your caresses more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.


David said to the Philistine, ‘You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel #– #you have defied him.


The priest is to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar of fragrant incense  that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. He must pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering  that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.


No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him.


Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as he fights on a day of battle.


For look, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants.  Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me.





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