Jerusalem on that day

¹A pronouncement. The LORD ’s word against Israel,

an utterance of the LORD

²I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that will stagger all the surrounding nations.

³On that day I will make Jerusalem into a heavy stone for all the peoples.[#12.3 Heb uncertain]

⁴On that day, says the LORD , I will strike every horse with confusion

I will keep my eyes open for the house of Judah;

⁵The chieftains of Judah will say to themselves, We are strong;

⁶On that day I will place the chieftains of Judah like a pot on a wood fire and like a burning torch among the bundles of grain.

⁷The LORD will first deliver the tents of Judah so that the splendor of David’s house

⁸On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Anyone among them who stumbles on that day will become like David,

⁹On that day I intend to destroy all the nations who come against Jerusalem,

¹⁰but I will pour out a spirit of grace and mercy on David’s house

They will look to me concerning the one whom they pierced;

¹¹On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem

will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-Rimmon in the Megiddo Valley.

¹²The land will mourn, each of the clans by itself:

the clan of David’s house by themselves, and their women by themselves;