Zechariah 12

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Yahweh Will Save

12 The oracle of the word of Yahweh concerning Israel.

Thus declares Yahweh who ^(A)stretches out the heavens, ^(B)lays the foundation of the earth, and ^(C)forms the spirit of man within him, ² “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a ^(D)cup ^[a]that causes reeling to all the peoples all around. Now the one in siege against Jerusalem will also be against ^(E)Judah. ³ But it will be in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a heavy ^(F)stone for all the peoples; all who heave it up will be ^(G)severely ^[b]injured. And all the ^(H)nations of the earth will be gathered against it. ⁴ In that day,” declares Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will open my eyes to watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. ⁵ Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘^[c]A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through Yahweh of hosts, their God.’

⁶ “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a ^(I)fiery laver among pieces of wood and a fiery torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem will again be ^(J)inhabited in its own place—in Jerusalem. ⁷ Yahweh also will ^(K)save the tents of Judah first so that the glory of the house of ^(L)David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. ⁸ In that day Yahweh will ^(M)defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who ^(N)stumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like ^(O)God, like the ^(P)angel of Yahweh before them. ⁹ And it will be in that day, that I will ^(Q)seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Mourning for the Pierced One

¹⁰ “And I will ^(R)pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem ^[d]the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have ^(S)pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one ^(T)mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. ¹¹ In that day there will be great ^(U)mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the ^[e]plain of ^[f]Megiddo. ¹² And the land will mourn, each family alone; the family of the house of David alone and their wives alone; the family of the house of Nathan alone and their wives alone; ¹³ the family of the house of Levi alone and their wives alone; the family of the Shimeites alone and their wives alone; ¹⁴ all the families that remain, each family alone and their wives alone.