The ¹oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

Thus declares the LORD who ^astretches out the heavens and ^blays the foundation of the earth and ^cforms the spirit of man within him: 2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a ^acup that causes reeling (staggering) to all the surrounding peoples; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against ^bJudah. 3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy ^astone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be ^bseverely injured. And all the ^cnations of the earth will come and be gathered against it. 4 In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will strike every horse with panic and his rider with madness; but I will open My eyes and watch over the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the opposing nations with blindness. 5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.’

6 “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a ^afirepot in a woodpile, and like a flaming torch among sheaves of grain. They will devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left; and ^bthe people of Jerusalem will again live securely in their own place, in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD shall ^asave the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of ^bDavid and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. 8 In that day the LORD will ^adefend the people of Jerusalem, and the one who ^bis impaired among them in that day of persecution will become strong and noble like David; and the house of David ¹will be like ^cGod, like the ^2dAngel of the LORD who is before them. 9 And in that day I will ^aseek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 “I will ^apour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace (unmerited favor) and supplication. And they will look at Me whom they have ^bpierced; and they will mourn for Him as one ^cmourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him as one who weeps bitterly over a firstborn. John 19:37; Rev 1:7 11 In that day there shall be a great ^amourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of the city of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of ¹Megiddo over beloved King ²Josiah. 2+@Chr 35:22-25 12 The land will mourn, every family by itself; the royal family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan David’s son by itself and their wives by themselves; 13 the priestly family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei grandson of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; 14 all the families that remain, each by itself, and their wives by themselves each with an overwhelming individual regret for having blindly rejected their Messiah.

The pronouncement of the word of the LORD concerning Israel:

The LORD who ^astretches out the heavens, ^blays the foundation of the earth, and ^cforms the spirit of a person within him, declares: 2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a ^acup ¹that causes staggering to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against ^bJudah. 3 It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy ^astone for all the peoples; all who lift it will ^binjure themselves severely. And all the ^cnations of the earth will be gathered against it. 4 On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will ¹watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 Then the ¹clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a ²strong support for us through the LORD of armies, their God.’

6 “On that day I will make the ¹clans of Judah like a ^afirepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while ²the ^binhabitants of Jerusalem again live on their own sites in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD also will ^asave the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of ^bDavid and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be greater than Judah. 8 On that day the LORD will ^aprotect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who ^1bis feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like ^cGod, like the ^dangel of the LORD before them. 9 And on that day I will ^aseek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 “And I will ^apour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem ¹the Spirit of grace and of pleading, so that they will look at Me whom they ^bpierced; and they will mourn for Him, like one ^cmourning for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. 11 On that day the ^amourning in Jerusalem will be great, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the ¹plain of ²Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, every family by itself; the family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves; 14 all the families that are left, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.