Zechariah 12:1-14 HCSB An
Oracle The word of the LORD concerning Israel. A declaration of the LORD, who
stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the
spirit of man within him. 2
"Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering
for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also
involve Judah. 3 On
that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try
to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth
gather against her. 4 On
that day"--the LORD's declaration--"I will strike every horse with
panic and its rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of
Judah but strike all the horses of the nations with blindness. 5 Then each of the leaders of
Judah will think to himself: The residents of Jerusalem are my strength through
the LORD of Hosts, their God. 6
On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a
woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples
around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be
inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem. 7
The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of
David's house and the glory of Jerusalem's residents may not be greater than
that of Judah. 8 On
that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the one who
is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David
will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD, before them. 9 On that day I will set out to destroy
all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 "Then I will pour out a spirit of
grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they
will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an
only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem
will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in
the plain of Megiddo. 12 The
land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David's house by itself
and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan's house by itself and their
women by themselves; 13 the family
of Levi's house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself and their women by themselves; 14 all the remaining families, every family by
itself, and their women by themselves.
Devotionals: Zechariah 12:10 Grit and Determination
Sermons: Zechariah
12:10 Grit and Determination
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