Zechariah 12
12:1 The burden of the word of 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about,
when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that
burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be
gathered together against it. 12:4 In that day, saith 12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem
shall be my strength in 12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the
wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round
about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her
own place, even in Jerusalem. 12:7 12:8 In that day shall 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations
that come against Jerusalem. 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
the spirit of favour and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and she will be
in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David
apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives
apart; 12:13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of
Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 12:14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
for Israel, saith
, which stretcheth forth the
heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider
with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every
horse of the people with blindness.
of hosts their Elohim.
also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of
David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against
Judah.
defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble
among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as Elohim, as
the angel of
before them.