Zechariah 12:1

Zechariah 12:1

The Coming Deliverance of Judah

1 The¹ burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, ^awho stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and ^bforms the spirit of man within him:

2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem ^aa cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.

3 ^aAnd it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem ^ba very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

4 In that day,” says the Lord, ^a“I will strike every horse with confusion, and its 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 the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the Lord of hosts, their God.’

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JERUSALEM THE INSTRUMENT OF JUDGMENT ON HER FOES HEREAFTER; HER REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION. (Zechariah 12:1-14)

burden—"weighty prophecy"; fraught with destruction to Israel's foes; the expression may also refer to the distresses of Israel implied as about to precede the deliverance.

for Israel—concerning Israel [MAURER].

stretcheth forth—present; now, not merely "hath stretched forth," as if God only created and then left the universe to itself (John 5:17). To remove all doubts of unbelief as to the possibility of Israel's deliverance, God prefaces the prediction by reminding us of His creative and sustaining power. Compare a similar preface in Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 65:17-18.

formeth . . . spirit of man— (Numbers 16:22; Hebrews 12:9).

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