Zechariah 12:1-13

Zechariah 12:1-13

[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. [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.  [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  [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.  [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.  [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.  [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.  [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. [9] And it shall come to pass in that day,  that I will seek  to destroy  all the nations  that come  against Jerusalem.  [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,  for him, as one mourneth  for his only  son, and shall be in bitterness  for his firstborn.  [11] In that day  shall there be a great  mourning  in Jerusalem,  as the mourning  of Hadadrimmon  in the valley  of Megiddon.  [12] And the land  shall mourn,  every  apart;  the family  of the house  of David  apart, and their wives  apart; the family  of the house  of Nathan  apart, and their wives  [13] The family  of the house  of Levi  apart, and their wives  apart; the family  of Shimei  apart, and their wives