 1 The burden of the Word of the Lord for Israel, says the Lord, 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 trembling to all the people all around, and it shall also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem. 3 In that day, I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people. All who lift it will be slashed and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it. 4 In that day, says the Lord, I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness. And I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the people with blindness. 5 The governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The people of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. 6 In that day, I will make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood and like a torch of fire among cut grain. They will devour all the people all around on the right hand and on the left hand and Jerusalem will be inhabited again in her place, in Jerusalem. 7 The Lord also will save the tents of Judah first so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be magnified above Judah. 8 In that day, the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem. Those who are feeble among them at that day will be like David. The house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. 9 In that day, I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 I will pour on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayers. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and will be bitter over Him like bitterness over the firstborn. 11 In that day, will be a great mourning in Jerusalem like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each family apart. The family 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 family of Shimei apart and their wives apart. 14 All the families that remain, each family apart and their wives apart.
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