Zechariah 12

Jerusalem to Be Attacked

1The pronouncementH4853 of the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 concerningH5921 IsraelH3478:

The LordH3068 who 1stretchesH5186 outH5186 the heavensH8064, 2laysH3245 the foundationH3245 of the earthH776, and 3formsH3335 the spiritH7307 of a personH120 withinH7130 him, declaresH5002: 2“BeholdH2009, I am going to makeH7760 JerusalemH3389 a 4cupH5592 5that causes staggeringH7478 to allH3605 the peoplesH5971 aroundH5439; and when the siegeH4692 is againstH5921 JerusalemH3389, it will alsoH1571 be againstH5921 6JudahH3063. 3It will comeH1961 aboutH1961 on that dayH3117 that I will makeH7760 JerusalemH3389 a heavyH4614 7stoneH68 for allH3605 the peoplesH5971; allH3605 who liftH6006 it will 8injureH8295 themselves severelyH8295. And allH3605 the 9nationsH1471 of the earthH776 will be gatheredH622 againstH5921 it. 4On that dayH3117,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “I will strikeH5221 everyH3605 horseH5483 with confusionH8541 and its riderH7392 with insanityH7697. But I will 10watchH6491H5869 overH5921 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063, while I strikeH5221 everyH3605 horseH5483 of the peoplesH5971 with blindnessH5788. 5Then the 11clansH505 of JudahH3063 will sayH559 in their heartsH3820, ‘The inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 are a 12strongH556 supportH556 for us through the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, their GodH430.’

6“On that dayH3117 I will makeH7760 the 13clansH505 of JudahH3063 like a 14firepotH784H3595 among pieces of woodH6086 and a flamingH784 torchH3940 among sheavesH5995, so they will consumeH398 on the rightH3225 and on the leftH8040 allH3605 the surroundingH5439 peoplesH5971, while 15the 16inhabitants of JerusalemH3389 againH5750 liveH3427 onH8478 their own sitesH8478 in JerusalemH3389. 7The LordH3068 also will 17saveH3467 the tentsH168 of JudahH3063 firstH7223, soH4616 thatH4616 the gloryH8597 of the houseH1004 of 18DavidH1732 and the gloryH8597 of the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 will not be greaterH1431 thanH5921 JudahH3063. 8On that dayH3117 the LordH3068 will 19protectH1598 the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389, and the one who 2021is feebleH3782 among them on that dayH3117 will be like DavidH1732, and the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 will be like 22GodH430, like the 23angelH4397 of the LordH3068 beforeH6440 them. 9And on that dayH3117 I will 24seekH1245 to destroyH8045 allH3605 the nationsH1471 that comeH935 againstH5921 JerusalemH3389.

10“And I will 25pourH8210 outH8210 on the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 and on the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 26the SpiritH7307 of graceH2580 and of pleadingH8469, so that they will lookH5027 at Me whomH834 they 27piercedH1856; and they will mournH5594 for Him, like one 28mourningH5594 for an onlyH3173 sonH3173, and they will weepH4843 bitterlyH4843 overH5921 Him like the bitterH4843 weepingH4843 overH5921 a firstbornH1060. 11On that dayH3117 the 29mourningH4553 in JerusalemH3389 will beH1431 greatH1431, like the mourningH4553 of HadadrimmonH1910 in the 30plainH1237 of 31MegiddoH4023. 12The landH776 will mournH5594, everyH4940 familyH4940 byH905 itselfH905; the familyH4940 of the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 byH905 itselfH905 and their wivesH802 byH905 themselvesH905; the familyH4940 of the houseH1004 of NathanH5416 byH905 itselfH905 and their wivesH802 byH905 themselvesH905; 13the familyH4940 of the houseH1004 of LeviH3878 byH905 itselfH905 and their wivesH802 byH905 themselvesH905; the familyH4940 of the ShimeitesH8097 byH905 itselfH905 and their wivesH802 byH905 themselvesH905; 14allH3605 the familiesH4940 that are leftH7604, everyH4940 familyH4940 by itselfH905, and their wivesH802 byH905 themselvesH905.