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1 A revelation of
the LORD’s word
concerning Israel:
The LORD, who
stretches out the
heavens and lays
the foundation of
the earth, and
forms the spirit
of man within him
says:
2 “Behold,
I will make
Jerusalem a cup
of reeling to
all the
surrounding peoples,
and it will
also be on
Judah in the
siege against
Jerusalem.
3 It
will happen in
that day that
I will make
Jerusalem a
burdensome stone for
all the peoples.
All who burden
themselves with it
will be
severely wounded, and
all the nations
of the earth will
be gathered
together against
it.
4 In
that day,” says
the LORD, “I
will strike every
horse with terror
and his rider
with madness. I
will open my
eyes on the
house of Judah,
and will strike
every horse of
the peoples with
blindness.
5 The chieftains
of Judah will say
in their heart, ‘The
inhabitants of
Jerusalem are
my strength in the
LORD of Armies
their God.’
6 In
that day I
will make
the chieftains of
Judah like a
pan of fire among
wood, and like
a flaming torch
among sheaves.
They will devour
all the
surrounding peoples
on the right
hand and on
the left; and
Jerusalem will yet
again dwell in
their own place,
even in Jerusalem.
7 The
LORD also will
save the tents of
Judah first, that
the glory of
David’s house and
the glory of
the inhabitants of
Jerusalem not be
magnified above
Judah.
8 In
that day the
LORD will defend
the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. He who
is feeble among
them at that
day will be
like David, and
David’s house will
be like God,
like the LORD’s
angel before them.
9 It
will happen in
that day, that
I will seek
to destroy all
the nations that
come against
Jerusalem.
10 I
will pour on
David’s house and
on the inhabitants
of Jerusalem the
spirit of grace
and of
supplication. They
will look to
me
whom they have
pierced; and they
shall mourn for
him as one
mourns for his
only son, and
will grieve bitterly
for him as
one grieves for
his firstborn.
11 In
that day there
will be a
great mourning in
Jerusalem, like
the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in the
valley of Megiddo.
12 The
land will mourn,
every family apart;
the family of
David’s house apart,
and their wives apart;
the family of
the house of
Nathan apart, and
their wives apart;
13 the
family of the
house of
Levi apart, and their wives apart;
the family of
the Shimeites apart,
and their wives apart;
14 all
the families who
remain, every
family apart, and
their wives apart.