2 ‘Look, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations; it will also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem. 3 ⌊And then⌋c on that day I will make Jerusalem a stone weightd for all the peoples. All those lifting it up will grievously hurt themselves, and all the nations of the earth will assemble against it. 4 On that day,’ ⌊declares⌋e Yahweh, ‘I will strike every horse with confusion, and the one riding it with madness; but over the house of Judah ⌊I will keep my eyes open⌋,f and I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 And the clans of Judah will say ⌊to themselves⌋,g “The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a strength to us,h through Yahweh of hosts, their God.”

6 “ ‘On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a pan of fire among sticks of wood, and like a torch of fire among stalksi of grain, and they will devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, and Jerusalem will be inhabited again in its place, in Jerusalem. 7 And Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitantsj of Jerusalem may not be exalted over Judah. 8 On that day Yahweh will put a shield around the inhabitantsk of Jerusalem, and the one who stumbles among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh, ⌊before them⌋.l 9 ⌊And then⌋m on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations coming against Jerusalem.