Dual Panel1The revelation <04853> of the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> concerning <05921> Israel <03478>: The Lord <03068>– he who stretches <05186> out the heavens <08064> and lays the foundations <03245> of the earth <0776>, who forms <03335> the human <0120> spirit <07307> within <07130> a person <0120>– says <05002>,
2“I <0595> am about to make <07760> Jerusalem <03389> a cup <05592> that brings dizziness <07478> to all <03605> the surrounding <05439> nations <05971>; indeed, Judah <03063> will also <01571> be included <05921> when Jerusalem <03389> is <01961> besieged <04692>.
3Moreover <01961>, on that <01931> day <03117> I will make <07760> Jerusalem <03389> a heavy burden <04614> for all <03605> the nations <05971>, and all <03605> who try to carry <06006> it will be seriously injured <08295> <08295>; yet all <03605> the peoples <01471> of the earth <0776> will be assembled <0622> against <05921> it.
4In that day <03117>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “I will strike <05221> every <03605> horse <05483> with confusion <08541> and its rider <07392> with madness <07697>. I will pay close attention <06491> to <05921> the house <01004> of Judah <03063>, but will strike <05221> all <03605> the horses <05483> of the nations <05971> with blindness <05788>.
5Then the leaders <0441> of Judah <03063> will say <0559> to themselves <03820>, ‘The inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> are a means of strength <0556> to us through their God <0430>, the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>.’
6On that day <03117> I will make <07760> the leaders <0441> of Judah <03063> like an igniter <03595> among sticks <06086> and a burning <0784> torch <03940> among sheaves <05995>, and they will burn up <0398> all <03605> the surrounding <05439> nations right <03225> and left <08040>. Then the people <05971> of Jerusalem <03389> will settle <03427> once more <05750> in their place <08478>, the city of Jerusalem <03389>.
7The Lord <03068> also will deliver <03467> the homes <0168> of Judah <03063> first <07223>, so that <04616> the splendor <08597> of the kingship <08597> <01004> of David <01732> and of the people <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> may not <03808> exceed <01431> that of Judah <03063>.
8On that day <03117> the Lord <03068> himself <01931> will defend <01598> the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, so that the weakest <03782> among them will be like mighty David <01732>, and the dynasty <01004> of David <01732> will be like God <0430>, like the angel <04397> of the Lord <03068> before <06440> them.
9So on that <01931> day <03117> I will <01961> set out <01245> to destroy <08045> all <03605> the nations <01471> that come <0935> against <05921> Jerusalem <03389>.”
10“I will pour out <08210> on <05921> the kingship <01004> of David <01732> and the population <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> a spirit <07307> of grace <02580> and supplication <08469> so that they will look <05027> to <0413> me, the one they have pierced <01856>. They will lament <05594> for <05921> him as one laments <05594> for <05921> an only son <03173>, and there will be a bitter cry <04843> for <05921> him like the bitter cry <04843> for <05921> a firstborn <01060>.
11On that day <03117> the lamentation <04553> in Jerusalem <03389> will be <01931> as great <01431> as the lamentation <04553> at Hadad-Rimmon <01910> in the plain <01237> of Megiddo <04023>.
12The land <0776> will mourn <05594>, clan <04940> by clan <04940>– the clan <04940> of the royal household <01004> of David <01732> by itself <0905> and their wives <0802> by themselves <0905>; the clan <04940> of the family <01004> of Nathan <05416> by itself <0905> and their wives <0802> by themselves <0905>;
13the clan <04940> of the descendants <01004> of Levi <03878> by itself <0905> and their wives <0802> by themselves <0905>; and the clan <04940> of the Shimeites <08097> by itself <0905> and their wives <0802> by themselves <0905>–
14all <03605> the clans <04940> that remain <07604>, each separately <0905> with their wives <0802>.”