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And then[a] on that day I will make Jerusalem a stone weight[b] for all the peoples. All those lifting it up will grievously hurt themselves, and all the nations of the earth will assemble against it. On that day,’ declares[c] Yahweh, ‘I will strike every horse with confusion, and the one riding it with madness; but over the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open,[d] and I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. And the clans of Judah will say to themselves,[e] “The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a strength to us,[f] through Yahweh of hosts, their God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:3 Literally “And it will happen”
  2. Zechariah 12:3 Or “a heavy stone”
  3. Zechariah 12:4 Literally “declaration of”
  4. Zechariah 12:4 Literally “I will open my eyes,” that is, “I will be responsive” or “I will pay attention”
  5. Zechariah 12:5 Literally “in their heart”
  6. Zechariah 12:5 Hebrew “me”