Zechariah 12:1-5

Lexham English Bible

The Day of Yahweh

12 An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. “Thus declares^[a] Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, founds the earth, and forms the spirit of humankind in its midst:^{[b] 2} ‘Look, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations; it will also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem. ³ And then^[c] on that day I will make Jerusalem a stone weight^[d] for all the peoples. All those lifting it up will grievously hurt themselves, and all the nations of the earth will assemble against it. ⁴ On that day,’ declares^[e] Yahweh, ‘I will strike every horse with confusion, and the one riding it with madness; but over the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open,^[f] and I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. ⁵ And the clans of Judah will say to themselves,^[g] “The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a strength to us,^[h] through Yahweh of hosts, their God.”