The burden of the word of the Lord concerning Yisra᾽el. The saying of the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him;

Behold, I will make Yerushalayim a cup of staggering to all the peoples round about, and it shall also be for Yehuda during the siege against Yerushalayim.

And on that day I will make Yerushalayim a burdensome stone for all the peoples: all that burden themselves with it shall be grievously hurt: and all the peoples of the earth shall be gathered together against it.

On that day, says the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Yehuda, and will smite every horse of the nations with blindness.

And the governors of Yehuda shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Yerushalayim are my strength through the Lord of hosts their God.

On that day I will make the chiefs of Yehuda like a hearth of fire among trees, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Yerushalayim shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Yerushalayim.

And the Lord shall save the tents of Yehuda first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim do not magnify themselves against Yehuda.

On that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; and he that stumbles among them at that day shall be like David; and the house of David shall be like a divine being, like the angel of the Lord before them.

And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Yerushalayim.

But I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the spirit of grace and of supplication: and they shall look towards me, regarding those whom the nations have thrust through. And they shall mourn for him (that is slain) as one mourns for an only son, and shall be in bitterness over him, as one that is in bitterness for a firstborn.

On that day shall there be a great mourning in Yerushalayim, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

And 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 Natan apart, and their wives apart;

the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shim῾i apart, and their wives apart;

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