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Zechariah 12:1-2
New English Translation
Zechariah 12:1-2
New English Translation
The Repentance of Judah
12 This is an oracle,[a] the Lord’s message concerning Israel: The Lord—he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person[b]—says, 2 “I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that brings dizziness[c] to all the surrounding nations; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged.
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- Zechariah 12:1 tn See note at Isa 13:1.
- Zechariah 12:1 tn Heb “who forms the spirit of man within him” (so NIV).
- Zechariah 12:2 sn The image of a cup that brings dizziness is that of drunkenness. The Lord will force the nations to drink of his judgment and in doing so they will become so intoxicated by his wrath that they will stumble and become irrational.
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