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.