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World English Bible
Zechariah 12 (WEBP)
[1] A revelation of Yahweh’s word concerning Israel: Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
[2] “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
[3] It will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
[4] In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. 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 will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’
[6] In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
[7] Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
[8] In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and David’s house will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before them.
[9] It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
[10] I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me° whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.
[11] In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
[12] The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of David’s house 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.
Zechariah 12:10 After “me”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Zechariah 12 (KJVS)
[1] The burden H4853 of the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 for Israel H3478, saith H5002 (8803) the LORD H3068, which stretcheth H5186 (8802) forth the heavens H8064, and layeth the foundation H3245 (8801) of the earth H776, and formeth H3335 (8802) the spirit H7307 of man H120 within H7130 him.
[2] Behold, I will make H7760 (8802) Jerusalem H3389 a cup H5592 of trembling H7478 unto all the people H5971 round about H5439, when they shall be in the siege H4692 both against Judah H3063 [and] against Jerusalem H3389.
[3] And in that day H3117 will I make H7760 (8799) Jerusalem H3389 a burdensome H4614 stone H68 for all people H5971: all that burden H6006 (8802) themselves with it shall be cut in pieces H8295 (8800) H8295 (8735), though all the people H1471 of the earth H776 be gathered together H622 (8738) against it.
[4] In that day H3117, saith H5002 (8803) the LORD H3068, I will smite H5221 (8686) every horse H5483 with astonishment H8541, and his rider H7392 (8802) with madness H7697: and I will open H6491 (8799) mine eyes H5869 upon the house H1004 of Judah H3063, and will smite H5221 (8686) every horse H5483 of the people H5971 with blindness H5788.
[5] And the governors H441 of Judah H3063 shall say H559 (8804) in their heart H3820, The inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389 [shall be] my strength H556 in the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 their God H430.
[6] In that day H3117 will I make H7760 (8799) the governors H441 of Judah H3063 like an hearth H3595 of fire H784 among the wood H6086, and like a torch H3940 of fire H784 in a sheaf H5995; and they shall devour H398 (8804) all the people H5971 round about H5439, on the right hand H3225 and on the left H8040: and Jerusalem H3389 shall be inhabited H3427 (8804) again in her own place, [even] in Jerusalem H3389.
[7] The LORD H3068 also shall save H3467 (8689) the tents H168 of Judah H3063 first H7223, that the glory H8597 of the house H1004 of David H1732 and the glory H8597 of the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389 do not magnify H1431 (8799) [themselves] against Judah H3063.
[8] In that day H3117 shall the LORD H3068 defend H1598 (8686) the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389; and he that is feeble H3782 (8737) among them at that day H3117 shall be as David H1732; and the house H1004 of David H1732 [shall be] as God H430, as the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 them.
[9] And it shall come to pass in that day H3117, [that] I will seek H1245 (8762) to destroy H8045 (8687) all the nations H1471 that come H935 (8802) against Jerusalem H3389.
[10] And I will pour H8210 (8804) upon the house H1004 of David H1732, and upon the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389, the spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of supplications H8469: and they shall look H5027 (8689) upon me whom they have pierced H1856 (8804), and they shall mourn H4553 for him, as one mourneth H5594 (8804) for [his] only H3173 [son], and shall be in bitterness H4843 (8687) for him, as one that is in bitterness H4843 (8687) for [his] firstborn H1060.
[11] In that day H3117 shall there be a great H1431 (8799) mourning H4553 in Jerusalem H3389, as the mourning H4553 of Hadadrimmon H1910 in the valley H1237 of Megiddon H4023.
[12] And the land H776 shall mourn H5594 (8804), every H4940 family H4940 apart H905; the family H4940 of the house H1004 of David H1732 apart, and their wives H802 apart; the family H4940 of the house H1004 of Nathan H5416 apart, and their wives H802 apart;
[13] The family H4940 of the house H1004 of Levi H3878 apart, and their wives H802 apart; the family H4940 of Shimei H8097 apart, and their wives H802 apart;
[14] All the families H4940 that remain H7604 (8737), every family H4940 apart, and their wives H802 apart.
Young’s Literal Translation
Zechariah 12 (YLT)
[1] The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
[2] Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.
[3] And it hath come to pass, in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.
[4] In that day-an affirmation of Jehovah, I do smite every horse with astonishment, And its rider with madness, And on the house of Judah I open My eyes, And every horse of the peoples I smite with blindness.
[5] And leaders of Judah have said in their heart, ‘Strength to me are the inhabitants of Jerusalem, In Jehovah of Hosts their God.’
[6] In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed-on the right and on the left-all the peoples round about, And Jerusalem hath inhabited again her place in Jerusalem.
[7] And saved hath Jehovah the tents of Judah first, So that become not great against Judah Doth the beauty of the house of David, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.
[8] In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God- As a messenger of Jehovah-before them.
[9] And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
[10] And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.
[11] In that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,
[12] And mourned hath the land-every family apart, The family of the house of David apart, And their women apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, And their women apart;
[13] The family of the house of Levi apart, And their women apart; The family of Shimei apart, And their women apart,
[14] All the families that are left, Every family apart, and their women apart!