Zechariah 12:1–8

^aThe burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord,

^bWhich stretcheth forth the heavens, and ^clayeth the foundation of the earth,

And ^bdformeth the spirit of man within him.

²Behold, ^eI will make Jerusalem ^fa cup of ^||gtrembling unto all the people round about,

^||When they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

³And ^hin that day will I make Jerusalem ⁱa burdensome stone for all people:

^jAll that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,

^kThough all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

^4hIn that day, saith the Lord,

^lI will smite every horse with ^mastonishment, and his rider with ^mmadness:

And ⁿI will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah,

And ^lwill smite every horse of the people with ^mblindness.

⁵And ^othe governors of Judah shall say in their heart,

^||The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength

In the Lord of hosts their God.

^6hIn that day will I make ^othe governors of Judah ^plike an hearth of fire among the wood,

And like a torch of fire in a sheaf;

And ^qthey shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left:

And ^rJerusalem shall be inhabited again ^sin her own place, even in Jerusalem.

⁷The 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.

^8hIn that day shall the Lord ^tdefend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

And ^uhe that is ^||†feeble among them ^hat that day shall be as David;

And the house of David shall be as God,

As ^vthe angel of the Lord before them.