⁶ ‘At that time,^[a] I will make the leaders of Judah like a brazier filled with blazing wood, or like a torch setting fire to harvested grain. They will devour all the invading^[b] armies, both on the right hand and on the left. As a result, Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its rightful place—as the real^[c] Jerusalem.’”

⁷ The Lord will deliver the tents of Judah first, so that neither the glory of the house^[d] of David nor the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem overshadows Judah. ⁸ At that time,^[e] the Lord will defend those who live in Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them at that time will be like David. The entire house of David will be like God—indeed, like the angel of the Lord in their midst!

⁹ “‘At that time,^[f] I will search out and destroy all of the nations who have come against Jerusalem.