Zechariah 12:2-9

New American Standard Bible

² “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a ^(A)cup ^[a]that causes staggering to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against ^(B)Judah. ³ It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy ^(C)stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will ^(D)injure themselves severely. And all the ^(E)nations of the earth will be gathered against it. ⁴ On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will ^[b]watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. ⁵ Then the ^[c]clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a ^[d]strong support for us through the Lord of armies, their God.’

⁶ “On that day I will make the ^[e]clans of Judah like a ^(F)firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while ^[f]the ^(G)inhabitants of Jerusalem again live on their own sites in Jerusalem. ⁷ The Lord also will ^(H)save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of ^(I)David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be greater than Judah. ⁸ On that day the Lord will ^(J)protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who ^[g](K)is feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like ^(L)God, like the ^(M)angel of the Lord before them. ⁹ And on that day I will ^(N)seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.