1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel . Thus saith Jehovah , who stretcheth forth the heavens , and layeth the foundation of the earth , and formeth the spirit of man within him : 2Behold , I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about , and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem . 3And it shall come to pass in that day , that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples ; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it . 4In that day , saith Jehovah , I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness ; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah , and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness . 5And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart , The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts their God .
The Spirit of Grace and Supplication
6In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood , and like a flaming torch among sheaves ; and they shall devour all the peoples round about , on the right hand and on the left ; and they of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place , even in Jerusalem . 7Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah first , that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah . 8In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David ; and the house of David shall be as God , as the angel of Jehovah before them . 9And it shall come to pass in that day , that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem . 10And I will pour upon the house of David , and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem , the spirit of grace and of supplication ; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced ; and they shall mourn for him , as one mourneth for his only son , and shall be in bitterness for him , as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
The Future of the House of David
11In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem , as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon . 12And the land shall 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; 13the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; 14all the families that remain , every family apart, and their wives apart.