Zec 12 | BSB | STEP | An oracle of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. [Thus] declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

Zechariah 12

Jerusalem will be Attacked

1 An oracle of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. [Thus] declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him: 2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged , as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured. 4 On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will strike every horse with panic, and [every] rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness. 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ‘The people of Jerusalem are my strength , for the LORD of Hosts [is] their God.’ 6 On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the residents of Jerusalem remain secure in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David [and] of the residents of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah. 8 On that day the LORD will defend the residents of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD going before them. 9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Mourning the One they Pierced

10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit ^{▼▼Or the Spirit} of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, ^{▼▼Or to Me} the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns an only child, and weep bitterly for Him as one grieves a firstborn son. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the remaining clans and their wives.