²⁷ A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come;^(A) to him I will give it.’^(B)

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰ “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a](A) of grace and supplication.^(B) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(E)

²³ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”^(A)

¹⁹ say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’^(A)

¹⁵ You will come from your place in the far north,^(A) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.^(B)

² “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup^(A) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.^(B) Judah^(C) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. ³ On that day, when all the nations^(D) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock^(E) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure^(F) themselves.

¹⁰ In that day^(A) the Root of Jesse^(B) will stand as a banner^(C) for the peoples; the nations^(D) will rally to him,^(E) and his resting place^(F) will be glorious.^(G)