Zechariah 12:1-9 ▼

1 The burden of the word of YHWH against Israel. Thus says YHWH, the One stretching out the heavens, and founding the earth, and forming the spirit of man within him:

2 “Behold, I am setting Jerusalem as a cup of drunkenness for all the peoples round about. Even against Judah it will be in the siege and against Jerusalem.

3 And it will come to pass in that day, that I will set Jerusalem as a stone of burden for all the peoples; all loading it will be severely cut. They will gather against it—all the nations of the earth.

4 On that day, a declaration of YHWH, I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness. And upon the house of Judah I will keep open My eyes, and every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.

5 And the clans of Judah will say in their heart, ‘Strength for those dwelling in Jerusalem is in YHWH of Hosts, their God.’

6 On that day I will set the clans of Judah as a basin of fire among the trees, and as a torch of fire among the sheaves; and they will devour on the right and on the left all the peoples round about, and Jerusalem will dwell again in her place, in Jerusalem.

7 And YHWH will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of those dwelling in Jerusalem will not become great beyond Judah.

8 On that day YHWH will cover over those dwelling in Jerusalem, and the one stumbling among them will be on that day like David, and the house of David like God, like the angel of YHWH, before their faces!

9 And it will come to pass on that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations who are coming against Jerusalem.