⁷ “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.^{(A) 8} On that day the Lord will shield^(B) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest^(C) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,^(D) like the angel of the Lord going before^(E) them. ⁹ On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations^(F) that attack Jerusalem.^(G)