The Coming Deliverance of Jerusalem

1The burden of the word of YHWH against Israel.

Thus says YHWH, the One stretching out the heavens, and founding the earth, and forming the spirit of man within him:

2“Behold, I am setting Jerusalem as a cup of drunkenness for all the peoples round about. Even against Judah it will be in the siege and against Jerusalem.

3And it will come to pass in that day, that I will set Jerusalem as a stone of burden for all the peoples; all loading it will be severely cut. They will gather against it—all the nations of the earth.

4On that day, a declaration of YHWH, I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness. And upon the house of Judah I will keep open My eyes, and every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.

5And the clans of Judah will say in their heart, ‘Strength for those dwelling in Jerusalem is in YHWH of Hosts, their God.’

6On that day I will set the clans of Judah as a basin of fire among the trees, and as a torch of fire among the sheaves; and they will devour on the right and on the left all the peoples round about, and Jerusalem will dwell again in her place, in Jerusalem.

7And YHWH will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of those dwelling in Jerusalem will not become great beyond Judah. 8On that day YHWH will cover over those dwelling in Jerusalem, and the one stumbling among them will be on that day like David, and the house of David like God, like the angel† of YHWH, before their faces!

9And it will come to pass on that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations who are coming against Jerusalem.

Mourning the One They Pierced
(John 19:31–37)

10And I will pour out on the house of David and on those dwelling in Jerusalem a spirit† of grace and supplication, and they will look on Me,† whom they have pierced.† And they will mourn for Him, like the mourning over the only one, and grieving over Him like the grieving over a firstborn.

11On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be great, like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12And the land will mourn, clans by clans, each by itself; the clan of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13the clan of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14all the clans remaining, clans by clans, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.