Zechariah 12

1 oracle word LORD upon Israel utterance LORD to stretch heaven and to found land: country/planet and to form: formed spirit man in/on/with entrails: among his

This is a declaration of Yahweh's word concerning Israel—a declaration of Yahweh, who stretched out the skies and laid the foundation of the earth, who fashions the spirit of mankind within man,

2 behold I to set: make [obj] Jerusalem basin reeling to/for all [the] people around and also upon Judah to be in/on/with siege upon Jerusalem

“See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem.

3 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to set: make [obj] Jerusalem stone burden to/for all [the] people all to lift her to incise to incise and to gather upon her all nation [the] land: country/planet

On that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city.

4 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD to smite all horse in/on/with bewilderment and to ride his in/on/with madness and upon house: household Judah to open [obj] eye my and all horse [the] people to smite in/on/with blindness

On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness. Over the house of Judah I will open my eyes, but every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.

5 and to say chief Judah in/on/with heart their strength to/for me to dwell Jerusalem in/on/with LORD Hosts God their

Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength because of Yahweh of hosts, their God.'

6 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to set: make [obj] chief Judah like/as basin fire in/on/with tree: wood and like/as torch fire in/on/with sheaf and to eat upon right and upon left [obj] all [the] people around and to dwell Jerusalem still underneath: stand her in/on/with Jerusalem

On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like firepots among wood and like a flaming torch among standing grain, for they will consume all the surrounding peoples on their right and on their left. Jerusalem will again live in her own place.”

7 and to save LORD [obj] tent Judah in/on/with first because not to magnify beauty house: household David and beauty to dwell Jerusalem upon Judah

Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of those who live in Jerusalem may not be greater than the rest of Judah.

8 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to defend LORD about/through/for to dwell Jerusalem and to be [the] to stumble in/on/with them in/on/with day [the] he/she/it like/as David and house: household David like/as God like/as messenger: angel LORD to/for face: before their

On that day Yahweh will be the defender of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on that day those who are weak among them will be like David, while the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh in front of them.

9 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to seek to/for to destroy [obj] all [the] nation [the] to come (in): come upon Jerusalem

“On that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 and to pour: pour upon house: household David and upon to dwell Jerusalem spirit favor and supplication and to look to(wards) me [obj] which to pierce and to mourn upon him like/as mourning upon [the] only and to provoke upon him like/as to provoke upon [the] firstborn

But I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so they will look on me, the one they have pierced. They will mourn for me, as one mourns for an only son; they will bitterly lament for him like those who lament the death of a firstborn son.

11 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to magnify [the] mourning in/on/with Jerusalem like/as mourning Hadad-rimmon Hadad-rimmon in/on/with valley Megiddo

On that day the laments in Jerusalem will be like the laments at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

12 and to mourn [the] land: country/planet family family to/for alone family house: household David to/for alone and woman: wife their to/for alone family house: household Nathan to/for alone and woman: wife their to/for alone

The land will mourn, each clan separate from other clans. The clan of the house of David will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the house of Nathan will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men.

13 family house: household Levi to/for alone and woman: wife their to/for alone family [the] Shimeite to/for alone and woman: wife their to/for alone

The clan of the house of Levi will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men. The clan of the Shimeites will be separate and their wives will be separate from the men.

14 all [the] family [the] to remain family family to/for alone and woman: wife their to/for alone

Every clan of the remaining clans—each clan will be separate and the wives will be separate from the men.”