Zechariah 12:7-14 ▼

7 The LORD {YHWH} will save the tents of Judah (praised) first, so that the glory of the house of David (beloved) and of the people of Jerusalem (city of peace) may not be greater than that of Judah.

8 On that day the LORD {YHWH} will defend the people of Jerusalem (city of peace), so that the weakest among them will be like David (beloved), and the house of David will be like God {Elohim}, like the angel (Angel) of the LORD going before them.

9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem (city of peace).

10 Then I will pour out on the house of David (beloved) and on the people of Jerusalem (city of peace) a spirit {ruach} of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me (to Me), the One they have pierced . They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

11 On that day the wailing in Jerusalem (city of peace) will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon (Hadad of the pomegranates) in the plain of Megiddo (place of crowds).

12 The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David (beloved) and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan (giver) and their wives,

13 the clan of the house of Levi (joined to) and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,

14 and all the remaining clans and their wives.