The 1burden of the word
of the LORD
concerning
Israel
.
Thus declares the LORD
who astretches
out the heavens
, blays
the foundation
of the earth
, and cforms
the spirit
of man
within
him,
"Behold, I am going to make
Jerusalem
a acup
1that causes reeling
to all
the peoples
around
; and when the siege
is against
Jerusalem
, it will also
be against
bJudah
.
"It will come about in that day
that I will make
Jerusalem
a heavy
astone
for all
the peoples
; all
who lift
it will be bseverely
1injured
. And all
the cnations
of the earth
will be gathered
against
it.
"In that day," declares
the LORD
, "I will strike
every
horse
with bewilderment
and his rider
with madness
. But I will 1watch
over
the house
of Judah
, while I strike
every
horse
of the peoples
with blindness
.
"Then the clans of Judah
will say
in their hearts
, ` 1A strong
support
for us are the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
through the LORD
of hosts
, their God
.'
"In that day I will make
the clans
of Judah
like a afirepot
among pieces of wood
and a flaming
torch
among sheaves
, so they will consume
on the right
hand
and on the left
all
the surrounding
peoples
, while the binhabitants
of Jerusalem
again
dwell
on their own sites
in Jerusalem
.
"The LORD also will asave
the tents
of Judah
first
, so
that the glory
of the house
of bDavid
and the glory
of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
will not be magnified
above
Judah
.
"In that day the LORD
will adefend
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
, and the one who 1 bis feeble
among them in that day
will be like David
, and the house
of David
will be like cGod
, like the dangel
of the LORD
before
them.
"And in that day I will 1 aset
about
to destroy
all
the nations
that come
against
Jerusalem
.
"I will apour out on the house
of David
and on the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
, 1the Spirit
of grace
and of supplication
, so that they will look
on Me whom
they have bpierced
; and they will mourn
for Him, as one cmourns
for an only
son
, and they will weep
bitterly
over
Him like the bitter
weeping
over
a firstborn
.
"In that day there will be great
amourning
in Jerusalem
, like the mourning
of Hadadrimmon
in the 1plain
of 2Megiddo
.
"The land will mourn
, every
family
by itself
; the family
of the house
of David
by itself
and their wives
by themselves
; the family
of the house
of Nathan
by itself
and their wives
by themselves
;
the family of the house
of Levi
by itself
and their wives
by themselves
; the family
of the Shimeites
by itself
and their wives
by themselves
;
all the families
that remain
, every
family
by itself
and their wives
by themselves
.