Zechariah · Bible in Basic English
Zechariah 9 Bible in Basic English
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1 A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,
1 CARGA de la palabra de Jehová contra tierra de Hadrach, y de Damasco su reposo: porque á Jehová están vueltos los ojos de los hombres, y de todas las tribus de Israel.
2 As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.
2 Y también Hamath tendrá término en ella; Tiro y Sidón, aunque muy sabia sea.
3 And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
3 Bien que Tiro se edificó fortaleza, y amontonó plata como polvo, y oro como lodo de las calles,
4 See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.
4 He aquí, el Señor la empobrecerá, y herirá en la mar su fortaleza, y ella será consumida de fuego.
5 Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.
5 Ascalón verá, y temerá; Gaza también, y se dolerá en gran manera: asimismo Ecrón, porque su esperanza será confundida; y de Gaza perecerá el rey, y Ascalón no será habitada.
6 And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.
6 Y habitará en Asdod un extranjero, y yo talaré la soberbia de los Palestinos;
7 And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.
7 Y quitaré sus sangres de su boca, y sus abominaciones de sus dientes, y quedarán ellos también para nuestro Dios, y serán como capitanes en Judá, y Ecrón como el Jebuseo.
8 And I will put my forces in position round my house, so that there may be no coming and going: and no cruel master will again go through them: for now I have seen his trouble.
8 Y seré real de ejército á mi casa, á causa del que va y del que viene: y no pasará más sobre ellos angustiador; porque ahora miré con mis ojos.
9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
9 Alégrate mucho, hija de Sión; da voces de júbilo, hija de Jerusalem: he aquí, tu rey vendrá á ti, justo y salvador, humilde, y cabalgando sobre un asno, así sobre un pollino hijo de asna.
10 And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
10 Y de Ephraim destruiré los carros, y los caballos de Jerusalem; y los arcos de guerra serán quebrados: y hablará paz á las gentes; y su señorío será de mar á mar, y desde el río hasta los fines de la tierra.
11 And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.
11 Y tú también por la sangre de tu pacto serás salva; yo he sacado tus presos del aljibe en que no hay agua.
12 And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
12 Tornaos á la fortaleza, oh presos de esperanza: hoy también os anuncio que os daré doblado.
13 For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.
13 Porque entesado he para mí á Judá [como] arco, henchí á Ephraim; y despertaré tus hijos, oh Sión, contra tus hijos, oh Grecia, y te pondré como espada de valiente.
14 And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.
14 Y Jehová será visto sobre ellos, y su dardo saldrá como relámpago: y el Señor Jehová tocará trompeta, é irá como torbellinos del austro.
15 The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.
15 Jehová de los ejércitos los amparará, y ellos devorarán, y sujetarán á las piedras de la honda, y beberán, y harán estrépito como [tomados] del vino; y se llenarán como cuenco, ó como los lados del altar.
16 And the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land.
16 Y los salvará en aquel día Jehová su Dios como á rebaño de su pueblo: porque serán engrandecidos en su tierra como piedras de corona.
17 For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
17 Porque ¡cuánta es su bondad, y cuánta su hermosura! El trigo alegrará á los mancebos, y el vino á las doncellas.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 49:23–27; Psalm 25:15; Amos 1:3–5; Isaiah 9:8–21; Isaiah 13:1
- 2 Ezekiel 28:12; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 28:2–5; Numbers 13:21; Isaiah 23:1–18
- 3 Job 27:16; Ezekiel 28:4–5; Joshua 19:29; Ezekiel 27:33; 2 Samuel 24:7
- 4 Ezekiel 28:18; Amos 1:10; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 28:2; Ezekiel 27:26–36
- 5 Acts 8:26; Revelation 18:9–17; Jeremiah 47:1; Zephaniah 2:4–7; Isaiah 14:29–31
- 6 Amos 1:8; 1 Peter 5:5; Zephaniah 2:10; Isaiah 23:9; Ecclesiastes 6:2
- 7 Galatians 3:28; Jeremiah 49:39; Psalm 58:6; Ezekiel 16:57–61; Isaiah 49:22–23
- 8 Isaiah 54:14; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 52:1; Joel 3:16–17; Jeremiah 31:12
- 9 Matthew 21:4–7; Zephaniah 3:14–15; John 12:13–16; Zechariah 2:10; Jeremiah 23:5–6
- 10 Hosea 2:18; Hosea 1:7; Psalm 72:7–11; Revelation 11:15; Colossians 1:20–21
- 11 Exodus 24:8; Isaiah 51:14; Psalm 102:19–21; Matthew 26:28; Isaiah 42:7
- 12 Job 42:10; Isaiah 61:7; Lamentations 3:21–22; Hebrews 6:18; Isaiah 40:2
- 13 Revelation 17:14; Isaiah 49:2; Zechariah 10:3–7; Psalm 45:3; Joel 3:6–8
- 14 Psalm 18:14; Isaiah 66:15; Zechariah 14:3; Isaiah 27:13; Psalm 144:5–6
- 15 Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 10:7; Zechariah 12:8; Psalm 78:65; Exodus 27:2
- 16 Isaiah 62:3; John 10:27; Haggai 2:23; Luke 12:32; Ezekiel 34:31
- 17 Isaiah 33:17; Isaiah 62:8–9; 1 John 4:8–11; Revelation 5:12–14; Titus 3:4–7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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