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Text -- Zechariah 12:1-11 (NET)
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The Repentance of Judah
12:1 The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel : The Lord – he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth , who forms the human spirit within a person – says ,
12:2 “I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that brings dizziness to all the surrounding nations ; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged .
12:3 Moreover , on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden for all the nations , and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured ; yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.
12:4 In that day ,” says the Lord , “I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness . I will pay close attention to the house of Judah , but will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness .
12:5 Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves , ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a means of strength to us through their God , the Lord who rules over all .’
12:6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves , and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left . Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place , the city of Jerusalem .
12:7 The Lord also will deliver the homes of Judah first , so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah .
12:8 On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem , so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David , and the dynasty of David will be like God , like the angel of the Lord before them.
12:9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem .”
12:10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced . They will lament for him as one laments for an only son , and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn .
12:11 On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
EZEKIEL, 2 |
MESSIAH |
ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF |
BURDEN |
Israel |
Jesus, The Christ |
David |
Mourn |
Hadadrimmon |
God |
Levites |
DUKE |
SYRIANS |
STONE, STONES |
REVELATION OF JOHN |
Angel of the Lord |
VALE, VALLEY |
STONES |
Baptism |
Repentance |
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NET Notes: Zec 12:2 The image of a cup that brings dizziness is that of drunkenness. The Lord will force the nations to drink of his judgment and in doing so they will be...
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NET Notes: Zec 12:3 In Israel’s and Judah’s past they had been uprooted by various conquerors such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. In the eschaton, howe...
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NET Notes: Zec 12:7 Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression...
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NET Notes: Zec 12:8 The statement the dynasty of David will be like God is hyperbole to show the remarkable enhancements that will accompany the inauguration of the mille...
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NET Notes: Zec 12:10 The Hebrew term בְּכוֹר (bÿkhor, “firstborn”), translated usually in the LXX by πρ...
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