Zec 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord,
which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth,
and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Zec 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the
people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and
against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all
people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though
all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Zec 12:4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with
astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the
house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
Zec 12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The
inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their
God.
Zec 12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of
fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall
devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and
Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Zec 12:7 The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory
of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not
magnify themselves against Judah.
Zec 12:8 In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and
he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of
David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy
all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look
upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one
mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that
is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zec 12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the
mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zec 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the
house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of
Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
Zec 12:13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the
family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
Zec 12:14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives
apart.