MLV(i)
1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
Jehovah says thus, 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 all around and upon Judah also it will be in the siege against Jerusalem.
3 And 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 Jehovah, I will kill* every horse with terror and his rider with madness. And I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah and will kill* every horse of the peoples with blindness.
5 And the chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts 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. And they will devour all the peoples all around, on the right hand and on the left and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
7 Jehovah also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
8 In that day Jehovah will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And he who is feeble among them at that day will be as David and the house of David will be as God, as the messenger of Jehovah before them. 9 And it will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they will look to me whom they have pierced. And they will mourn for him, as a man mourns for his only son and will be in bitterness for him, as a man who is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo. 12 And the land will 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 Shimeite family apart and their wives apart, 14 all the families that remain, every family apart and their wives apart.
Jehovah says thus, 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 all around and upon Judah also it will be in the siege against Jerusalem.
3 And 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 Jehovah, I will kill* every horse with terror and his rider with madness. And I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah and will kill* every horse of the peoples with blindness.
5 And the chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts 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. And they will devour all the peoples all around, on the right hand and on the left and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
7 Jehovah also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
8 In that day Jehovah will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And he who is feeble among them at that day will be as David and the house of David will be as God, as the messenger of Jehovah before them. 9 And it will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they will look to me whom they have pierced. And they will mourn for him, as a man mourns for his only son and will be in bitterness for him, as a man who is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo. 12 And the land will 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 Shimeite family apart and their wives apart, 14 all the families that remain, every family apart and their wives apart.