⁸ When that day comes, the Eternal will protect her citizens as a shield does. He will make the weak who stumble become like David, brave in battle; the royal line of David will be like God, like the Special Messenger of the Eternal One who goes before them in travels and in battle.

⁹ On that day, rest assured, I will set out to destroy all the nations who attack Jerusalem. ¹⁰ And I pledge that I will pour out a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy on the family of David and the citizens of Jerusalem. As a result, they will look upon Me whom they pierced,^[a] they will grieve over Him as one grieves for an only child, and they will moan and weep for Him as one weeps for a firstborn son.