Bible Chapter Summary
Zechariah 12 Summary
Jerusalem's Deliverance and Mourning
God declares that Jerusalem will become a trembling cup and burdensome stone to all nations besieging it, yet He will smite their horses with astonishment and blindness. The governors of Judah shall possess strength through the Lord, and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again. The Lord will defend the feeble inhabitants, making them as David, and will destroy all nations coming against the city. He pours out the spirit of grace upon David's house and the inhabitants, causing them to look upon Him whom they pierced and mourn with great sorrow, each family mourning apart.
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Key verses
Zechariah 12:2-3
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 12:6
“In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 12:9-10
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 12:11
“In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.”
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