Zechariah 12:2-14
2“Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem aa cup of staggering to ball the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem cwill also be against Judah. 3 dOn that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. eAll who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And fall the nations of the earth will gather against it. 4 gOn that day, declares the Lord, hI will strike every horse iwith panic, and its rider jwith madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples kwith blindness. 5Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’6 l“On that day I will make the clans of Judah mlike a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And nthey shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while oJerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
7“And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. 8 pOn that day qthe Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that rthe feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, slike the angel of the Lord, going before them. 9 tAnd on that day uI will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Him Whom They Have Pierced
10“And vI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and wpleas for mercy, so that, xwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ythey shall mourn for him, zas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 aaOn that day abthe mourning in Jerusalem will be as great acas the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12The land shall mourn, adeach family ▼▼Or clan; also verses 13, 14
by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of afNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of agthe Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves. Zechariah 13:1-2
1 ah“On that day there shall be aia fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.Idolatry Cut Off
2“And ajon that day, declares the Lord of hosts, akI will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that althey shall be remembered no more. And also amI will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
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