9  ⁱRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

^jhumble and ^kmounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

7  “Awake, O sword, against my ^yshepherd,

against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.

^z“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;

I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8  In the whole land, declares the Lord,

^atwo thirds shall be cut off and perish,

and one third shall be left alive.

9  And I will put this third into the fire,

and refine them ^bas one refines silver,

and test them as gold is tested.

They will call upon my name,

^cand I will answer them.

^dI will say, ‘They are my people’;

and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”