Zechariah:12:1-9
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An Oracle The word of the LORD concerning Israel :
Thus says the LORD ,
who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him :
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Lo ,
I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the peoples round about ;
it will be against Judah also in the siege against Jerusalem .
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On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples ;
all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves .
And all the nations of the earth will come together against it .
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On that day ,
says the LORD ,
I will strike every horse with panic ,
and its rider with madness .
But upon the house of Judah I will open my eyes ,
when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness .
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Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves , `
The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the LORD of hosts ,
their God .'
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On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood ,
like a flaming torch among sheaves ;
and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the peoples round about ,
while Jerusalem shall still be inhabited in its place ,
in Jerusalem .
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And the LORD will give victory to the tents of Judah first ,
that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over that of Judah .
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On that day the LORD will put a shield about the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David ,
and the house of David shall be like God ,
like the angel of the LORD ,
at their head .
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And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem .
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