Zechariah 12:4-10

English Standard Version

^4 (A)On that day, declares the Lord, ^(B)I will strike every horse ^(C)with panic, and its rider ^(D)with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples ^(E)with blindness. ⁵ Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’

^6 (F)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah ^(G)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And ^(H)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while ^(I)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

⁷ “And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. ^8 (J)On that day ^(K)the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that ^(L)the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, ^(M)like the angel of the Lord, going before them. ^9 (N)And on that day ^(O)I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰ “And ^(P)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(Q)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(R)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(S)they shall mourn for him, ^(T)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.