Zechariah 12 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Yahweh Will Save

The oracle^H4853 of the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 concerning^H5921 Israel^H3478.

Thus declares^H5002 Yahweh^H3068 who stretches^H5186 out^H5186 the heavens^H8064, lays^H3245 the foundation^H3245 of the earth^H776, and forms^H3335 the spirit^H7307 of man^H120 within^H7130 him,

Zec 12:2

Zec 12:2“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup [fn]that causes reeling to all the peoples all around. Now the one in siege against Jerusalem will also be against Judah.

Zec 12:3

Zec 12:3“But it will be in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who heave it up will be severely [fn]injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

Zec 12:4

Zec 12:4“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.

Zec 12:5

Zec 12:5“Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘[fn]A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through Yahweh of hosts, their God.’

Zec 12:6

“In that day^H3117 I will make^H7760 the clans^H441 of Judah^H3063 like a fiery^H784 laver^H3595 among pieces of wood^H6086 and a fiery^H784 torch^H3940 among sheaves^H5995, so they will consume^H398 on the right^H3225 hand^H3225 and on the left^H8040 all^H3605 the surrounding^H5439 peoples^H5971, while Jerusalem^H3389 will again^H5750 be inhabited^H3427 in^H8478 its own place^H8478—in Jerusalem^H3389.

Zec 12:7

Zec 12:7“Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah.

Zec 12:8

Zec 12:8“In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who stumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them.

Zec 12:9

Zec 12:9“And it will be in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Mourning for the Pierced One

Zec 12:10

“And I will pour^H8210 out^H8210 on the house^H1004 of David^H1732 and on the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem^H3389 [fn]the Spirit^H7307 of grace^H2580 and of supplication^H8469, so that they will look^H5027 on Me whom^H834 they have pierced^H1856; and they will mourn^H5594 for Him, as one mourns^H5594 for an only^H3173 son^H3173, and they will weep^H4843 bitterly^H4843 over^H5921 Him like the bitter^H4843 weeping^H4843 over^H5921 a firstborn^H1060.

Zec 12:11

Zec 12:11“In that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the [fn]plain of [fn]Megiddo.

Zec 12:12

Zec 12:12“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;

Zec 12:13