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13 I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow.[a] I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and I will make you, Zion,[b] like a warrior’s sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:13 tn The words “my arrow” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to clarify the imagery for the modern reader (cf. NRSV, NLT).
  2. Zechariah 9:13 tn The word “Zion” is not repeated here in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that the statement refers to Zion and not to Greece.

13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(A)
    and fill it with Ephraim.(B)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,(C)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.(D)

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