Zechariah 12 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Jerusalem to Be Attacked

12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

Thus declares the Lord who (A)stretches out the heavens, (B)lays the foundation of the earth, and (C)forms the spirit of man within him, 2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a (D)cup [b]that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against (E)Judah. 3 It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy (F)stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be (G)severely [c]injured. And all the (H)nations of the earth will be gathered against it. 4 In that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will [d]watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘[e]A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through the Lord of hosts, their God.’

6 “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a (I)firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the (J)inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem. 7 The Lord also will (K)save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of (L)David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. 8 In that day the Lord will (M)defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who [f](N)is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like (O)God, like the (P)angel of the Lord before them. 9 And in that day I will [g](Q)set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 “I will (R)pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, [h]the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have (S)pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one (T)mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. 11 In that day there will be great (U)mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the [i]plain of [j]Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, every family by itself; the family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves; 14 all the families that remain, every family by itself and their wives by themselves.

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:1 Or oracle
  2. Zechariah 12:2 Lit of reeling
  3. Zechariah 12:3 Lit scratched
  4. Zechariah 12:4 Lit open My eyes
  5. Zechariah 12:5 Lit My strength is
  6. Zechariah 12:8 Or stumbles
  7. Zechariah 12:9 Lit seek to
  8. Zechariah 12:10 Or a spirit
  9. Zechariah 12:11 I.e. broad valley
  10. Zechariah 12:11 Heb Megiddon

Cross references

  1. Zechariah 12:1 : Is 42:5; 44:24; Jer 51:15
  2. Zechariah 12:1 : Job 26:7; Ps 102:25, 26; Heb 1:10-12
  3. Zechariah 12:1 : Is 57:16; Heb 12:9
  4. Zechariah 12:2 : Ps 75:8; Is 51:22, 23
  5. Zechariah 12:2 : Zech 14:14
  6. Zechariah 12:3 : Dan 2:34, 35, 44, 45
  7. Zechariah 12:3 : Matt 21:44
  8. Zechariah 12:3 : Zech 14:2
  9. Zechariah 12:6 : Is 10:17, 18; Obad 18; Zech 11:1
  10. Zechariah 12:6 : Zech 2:4; 8:3-5
  11. Zechariah 12:7 : Jer 30:18
  12. Zechariah 12:7 : Amos 9:11
  13. Zechariah 12:8 : Joel 3:16; Zech 9:14, 15
  14. Zechariah 12:8 : Lev 26:8; Josh 23:10; Mic 7:8
  15. Zechariah 12:8 : Ps 8:5; 82:6
  16. Zechariah 12:8 : Ex 14:19; 33:2
  17. Zechariah 12:9 : Zech 14:2, 3
  18. Zechariah 12:10 : Is 44:3; Ezek 39:29; Joel 2:28, 29
  19. Zechariah 12:10 : John 19:37; Rev 1:7
  20. Zechariah 12:10 : Jer 6:26; Amos 8:10
  21. Zechariah 12:11 : Matt 24:30; Rev 1:7

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