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Rh :Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion,
 * Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem;
 * Behold, thy king cometh unto thee,
 * He is triumphant, and victorious,
 * Lowly, and riding upon an ass,
 * Even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
 * And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
 * And the horse from Jerusalem,
 * And the battle bow shall be cut off,
 * And he shall speak peace unto the nations;
 * And his dominion shall be from sea to sea,
 * And from the River to the ends of the earth.
 * As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant
 * I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit
 * Wherein is no water.
 * Return to the stronghold,
 * Ye prisoners of hope;
 * Even to-day do I declare
 * That I will render double unto thee.
 * For I bend Judah for Me,
 * I fill the bow with Ephraim;
 * And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion,
 * Against thy sons, O Javan,
 * And will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.
 * And the shall be seen over them,
 * And His arrow shall go forth as the lightning;
 * And the Lord will blow the horn,
 * And will go with whirlwinds of the south.
 * The of hosts will defend them;
 * And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones;
 * And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine;
 * And they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar.
 * And the their God shall save them in that day
 * As the flock of His people;
 * For they shall be as the stones of a crown,
 * Glittering over His land.
 * For how great is their goodliness, and how great is their beauty!
 * Corn shall make the young men flourish,
 * And new wine the maids.


 * Ask ye of the rain in the time of the latter rain,
 * Even of the that maketh lightnings;
 * And He will give them showers of rain,
 * To every one grass in the field.
 * For the teraphim have spoken vanity,
 * And the diviners have seen a lie,
 * And the dreams speak falsely,
 * They comfort in vain;
 * Therefore they go their way like sheep,
 * They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.


 * Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds,
 * And I will punish the he-goats;
 * For the of hosts hath remembered His flock the house of Judah,
 * And maketh them as His majestic horse in the battle.
 * Out of them shall come forth the corner-stone,
 * Out of them the stake,
 * Out of them the battle bow,
 * Out of them every master together.
 * And they shall be as mighty men,
 * Treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle,
 * And they shall fight, because the is with them;
 * And the riders on horses shall be confounded.