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The Lord also will deliver the homes[a] of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship[b] of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah. On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:7 tn Heb “the tents” (so NAB, NRSV); NIV “the dwellings.”
  2. Zechariah 12:7 tn Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression is translated “dynasty” in the following verse.
  3. Zechariah 12:8 sn The statement the dynasty of David will be like God is hyperbole to show the remarkable enhancements that will accompany the inauguration of the millennial age.