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

A revelation of Yahweh’s word concerning Israel: Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

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

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in 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

It will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.

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

In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples 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

The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies 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

In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.

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 also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above 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

In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and David’s house will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before 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

It will happen in that day, that I will seek 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

I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.

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

In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley 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, every family apart; the family of David’s house apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

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 family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

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

all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.