On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile,(A) like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem. The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of David’s house and the glory of Jerusalem’s residents may not be greater than that of Judah. On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem,(B) so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord, before them.(C) On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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(A)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah (B)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And (C)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while (D)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

“And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. (E)On that day (F)the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that (G)the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, (H)like the angel of the Lord, going before them. (I)And on that day (J)I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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