Zechariah 12:9
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New International Version (©2011)
On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For on that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."

International Standard Version (©2012)
"'At that time, I will search out and destroy all of the nations who have come against Jerusalem.

NET Bible (©2006)
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"On that day I will seek to destroy all the nations who attack Jerusalem.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

American King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Darby Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

World English Bible
It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:9-14 The day here spoken of, is the day of Jerusalem's defence and deliverance, that glorious day when God will appear for the salvation of his people. In Christ's first coming he bruised the serpent's head, and broke all the powers of darkness that fought against God's kingdom among men. In his second coming he will complete their destruction, when he shall put down all opposing rule, principality, and power; and death itself shall be swallowed up in that victory. The Holy Spirit is gracious and merciful, and is the Author of all grace or holiness. He, also, is the Spirit of supplications, and shows men their ignorance, want, guilt, misery, and danger. At the time here foretold, the Jews will know who the crucified Jesus was; then they shall look by faith to him, and mourn with the deepest sorrow, not only in public, but in private, even each one separately. There is a holy mourning, the effect of the pouring out of the Spirit; a mourning for sin, which quickens faith in Christ, and qualifies for joy in God. This mourning is a fruit of the Spirit of grace, a proof of a work of grace in the soul, and of the Spirit of supplications. It is fulfilled in all who sorrow for sin after a godly sort; they look to Christ crucified, and mourn for him. Looking by faith upon the cross of Christ will cause us to mourn for sin after a godly sort.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - I will seek to destroy. It shall be always my aim and my care to destroy the enemies of the Church, that they shall never prevail against it. The words cannot apply to the literal Jerusalem, against which no such confederacy of nations was ever formed.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day,.... So often mentioned in this chapter; by which is meant the latter part of the Gospel dispensation, the spiritual reign of Christ:

that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem; and shall destroy them. The whole of this paragraph seems to refer to the same as in Ezekiel 38:1.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. I will seek to destroy—I will set Myself with determined earnestness to destroy, etc. (Hag 2:22).

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Jerusalem will Be Attacked
…7The LORD 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. 8In that day shall the LORD 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 God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Isaiah 29:7 Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Ariel, that attack her and her fortress and besiege her, will be as it is with a dream, with a vision in the night--
Zechariah 14:2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.
Zechariah 14:3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.