Zechariah 9:13
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When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
In other translations
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588דָרַכְתִּיdarakhtiI will bendH1869לִיlifor myselfיְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063קֶשֶׁתkesheta bowH7198מִלֵּאתִיmiletiI will fillH4390אֶפְרַיִם'efrayimEphraimH669וְעוֹרַרְתִּיve'orartiand I will rouseH5782בָנַיִךְvanayikhsons yourH1121צִיּוֹןtziyonO ZionH6726עַל־'al-onH5921בָּנַיִךְbanayikhsons yourH1121יָוָןyavanO GreeceH3120וְשַׂמְתִּיךְvesamtikhand I will make youH7760כְּחֶרֶבkecherevlike [the] sword ofH2719גִּבּוֹר׃gibora warriorH1368
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