The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Zechariah 12
1 A revelation of Yahweh’s word concerning Israel:
Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and lays
the foundation of the earth, and forms the
spirit of man within him says:
2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of
reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and
it will also be on Judah in the siege against
Jerusalem.
3 It will happen in that day that I will
make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for
allthepeoples. All whoburdenthemselves
with it will be severely wounded, and all
the nations of the earth will be gathered
together against it.
4 In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike
every horse with terror and his rider with
madness. I will open my eyes on the house
of Judah, and will strike every horse of the
peoples with blindness.
5 The chieftains of Judah will say in their
heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are
my strength in Yahweh of Armies their
God.’
6 In that day I will make the chieftains of
Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and
like a flaming torch among sheaves. They
will devour all the surrounding peoples
on the right hand and on the left; and
Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own
place, even in Jerusalem.
7 Yahwehalso will save the tents ofJudah
first,thatthe glory of David’shouse andthe
glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not
be magnified above Judah.
8 In that day Yahweh will defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble
among them at that day will be like David,
and David’s house will be like God, like
Yahweh’s angel before them.
9 It will happen in that day, that I will
seek to destroy all the nations that come
against Jerusalem.
10 I will pour on David’s house and on the
inhabitants ofJerusalem the spirit of grace
and of supplication. They will look to me†
whom they have pierced; and they shall
mourn for him as one mourns for his only
son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one
grieves for his firstborn.
11 Inthatday there willbe a greatmourning in
Jerusalem, like the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
12 The land will mourn, every family
apart; the family of David’s house apart,
and their wives apart; the family of the
house of Nathan apart, and their wives
apart;
13 the family of the house of Levi apart,
and their wives apart; the family of the
Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
14 all the families who remain, every
family apart, and their wives apart.