Zechariah 12
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 against it.
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, and they shall
mourn for him, as one
mourneth for his
only son, and shall be in
bitterness for him, as one that is 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 family apart; the
family of the
house of
David apart, and their
wives apart; the
family of the
house of
Nathan apart, and their
wives apart;
13 The
family of the
house of
Levi apart, and their
wives apart; the
family of
Shimei apart, and their
wives apart;
14 All the
families that
remain, every
family apart, and their
wives apart.