¹⁴ They will wage war^(A) against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over^(B) them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings^(C)—and with him will be his called, chosen^(D) and faithful followers.”

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. ³ On that day, when all the nations^(D) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock^(E) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure^(F) themselves. ⁴ On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.^{(G) 5} Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong,^(H) because the Lord Almighty is their God.’

⁶ “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot^(I) in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume^(J) all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact^(K) in her place.

⁷ “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.^{(L) 8} On that day the Lord will shield^(M) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest^(N) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,^(O) like the angel of the Lord going before^(P) them.

²¹ I asked, “What are these coming to do?”

He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns^(A) against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”^[a](B)

⁶ You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,^(A) that you might send them far from their homeland.

⁷ “See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,^(B) and I will return^(C) on your own heads what you have done. ⁸ I will sell your sons^(D) and daughters to the people of Judah,^(E) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,^(F) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.^(G)

²¹ The rest were killed with the sword^(A) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,^(B) and all the birds^(C) gorged themselves on their flesh.