rwbs - Zechariah:12:1-9

rwbs@Zechariah:12:1 @ The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

rwbs@Zechariah:12:2 @ Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the surrounding people, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah against Jerusalem. (note:)trembling: or, slumber, or, poison(:note)when…: or, and also against Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem

rwbs@Zechariah:12:3 @ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered against it.

rwbs@Zechariah:12:4 @ In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

rwbs@Zechariah:12:5 @ And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. (note:)The inhabitants…: or, There is strength to me and to the inhabitants, etc(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:12:6 @ In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the surrounding people, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, in Jerusalem.

rwbs@Zechariah:12:7 @ The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not magnify against Judah.

rwbs@Zechariah:12:8 @ In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. (note:)feeble: or, abject: Hebrews. fallen(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:12:9 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.