[1] The burden of the word of Yahweh concerning Israel. [Thus] says Yahweh,
who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and
forms the spirit of man within him: [2] behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup
of reeling to all the peoples round about, and on Judah also shall it be in
the siege against Jerusalem. [3] It shall happen in that day, that I will
make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden
themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth
shall be gathered together against it. [4] In that day, says Yahweh, I will
strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open
my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples
with blindness. [5] The chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, The
inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Hosts their God. [6]
In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among
wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour all the
peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and [they of]
Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem. [7]
Yahweh also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the
house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not
magnified above Judah. [8] In that day shall Yahweh defend the inhabitants
of Jerusalem: and he who is feeble among them at that day shall be as
David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Yahweh
before them. [9] It shall happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy
all the nations that come against Jerusalem. [10] I will pour on the house
of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of
supplication; and they shall look to me whom they have pierced; and they
shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in
bitterness for him, as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn. [11] In
that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. [12] The land shall mourn, every
family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives
apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; [13]
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of
the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; [14] all the families who
remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
