Created Tuesday 13 August 2013
Sag.9:9-17
"9 Verheug jou grootliks, o dogter van Sion! Juig, o dogter van Jerusalem! Kyk, jou Koning kom na jou; regverdig en 'n oorwinnaar is Hy; nederig en Hy ry op 'n esel — op 'n jong esel, die vul van 'n eselin. 10 En Ek sal die strydwaens uit Efraim en die perde uit Jerusalem uitroei, en die strydboog sal vernietig word. Dan sal Hy aan die nasies vrede verkondig, en sy heerskappy sal wees van see tot see, en van die Eufraat tot aan die eindes van die aarde. 11 Ook sal Ek, wat jou betref, o Sion, kragtens die bloed van jou verbond jou gevangenes loslaat uit die put sonder water. 12 Keer terug na die vesting, o hoopvolle gevangenes! Ook kondig Ek vandag aan dat Ek jou dubbel sal vergoed. 13 Want Ek span Juda vir My as boog, lê Efraim as pyl daarop; en Ek vuur jou seuns, o Sion, aan teen jou seuns, o Jawan, en Ek maak jou soos die swaard van 'n held. 14 Dan sal die HERE oor hulle verskyn, en soos weerlig sal sy pyl uitskiet; en die Here HERE sal met die basuin blaas en intrek met die storms uit die suide. 15 Die HERE van die leërskare sal hulle beskut; en hulle sal verslind, ja, slingerstene vertrap; ook sal hulle drink, 'n gedruis maak soos deur wyn en vol wees soos die offerkomme, soos die hoeke van 'n altaar. 16 En die HERE hulle God sal hulle in dié dag verlos as die kudde wat sy volk is; want hulle is kroongesteentes wat hulle skitterend verhef oor sy land. 17 Want hoe groot is hulle voortreflikheid, en hoe groot hulle skoonheid! Die koring laat jongmanne en die mos jongedogters groei."
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior's sword.
Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will go forth like lightning;
[Isa. 27:13] the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
The Lord of hosts will protect them,
and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.
On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women"