Zechariah 12 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Jerusalem to Be Attacked

The pronouncement^H4853 of the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 concerning^H5921 Israel^H3478:

The LORD^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 a person^H120 within^H7130 him, declares^H5002:

Zec 12:2

Zec 12:2“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup [fn]that causes staggering to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.

Zec 12:3

Zec 12:3“It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will injure themselves severely. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

Zec 12:4

Zec 12:4“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will [fn]watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

Zec 12:5

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

Zec 12:6

“On that day^H3117 I will make^H7760 the [fn]clans^H505 of Judah^H3063 like a firepot^H784^H3595 among pieces of wood^H6086 and a flaming^H784 torch^H3940 among sheaves^H5995, so they will consume^H398 on the right^H3225 and on the left^H8040 all^H3605 the surrounding^H5439 peoples^H5971, while [fn]the inhabitants of Jerusalem^H3389 again^H5750 live^H3427 on^H8478 their own sites^H8478 in Jerusalem^H3389.

Zec 12:7

Zec 12:7“The LORD 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 greater than Judah.

Zec 12:8

Zec 12:8“On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who [fn]is feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them.

Zec 12:9

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

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 pleading^H8469, so that they will look^H5027 at Me whom^H834 they pierced^H1856; and they will mourn^H5594 for Him, like one mourning^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“On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be great, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the [fn]plain of [fn]Megiddo.

Zec 12:12

Zec 12:12“The land will mourn, every family by itself; the family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves;

Zec 12:13

Zec 12:13the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves;

Zec 12:14

Zec 12:14all the families that are left, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.

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NASB20 Footnotes

Lit of reeling

Lit open My eyes

Or chiefs

Lit strength for me

(12:6)

Or chiefs

(12:6)

Lit Jerusalem...is again inhabited on its

Lit stumbles

Or a spirit

I.e., broad valley

Heb Megiddon

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