^12:3Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden⁴ for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured;⁵ yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.

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4 Heb “heavy stone” (so , , ); “burdensome stone”; “an immovable rock.”
5 In Israel’s and Judah’s past they had been uprooted by various conquerors such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. In the eschaton, however, they will be so “heavy” with God’s glory and so rooted in his promises that no nation will be able to move them.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And then on that day I will make Jerusalem a stone weight for all the peoples. All those lifting it up will grievously hurt themselves, and all the nations of the earth will assemble against it.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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