⁹ On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations^(A) that attack Jerusalem.^(B)

² I will gather all the nations^(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;^(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.^(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.^{(D) 3} Then the Lord will go out and fight^(E) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.^(F)

²² I will overturn^(A) royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms.^(B) I will overthrow chariots^(C) and their drivers; horses and their riders^(D) will fall, each by the sword of his brother.^(E)

² “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup^(A) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.^(B) Judah^(C) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem.