Zechariah Chapter 12

Jerusalem a door of trembling

12:1 The burden of the word of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
concerning Israel, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him.
12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a door of trembling to all the people all around, also
Judah will take part siege of Jerusalem .
12:3 And on that day will I make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all people: all that lift it shall be lacerated, though all the nations of the earth be gathered together against it.
12:4 On that day, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness: But I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the people with blindness.
12:5 And the leaders of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength [in their prayers] to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hosts their El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
.

Restoration of Judah


12:6 On that day will I make the leaders of Judah like a stove, fire [burning] wood, and like a torch of fire in a cut grain; and they shall consume all the people all around, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall
again settle in its own place, in Jerusalem.
12:7 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David(/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem don’t magnify themselves above Judah.
12:8 On that day shall YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
on that day he who is feeble among them [shall] be like David(/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE.; and the house of David(/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. shall be like Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
, like an angelמַלְאָךְ
Transliteration: mal’āḵ Pronunciation: mal-awk’ angel, messenger or representative. For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
before them.

Jerusalem’s repentance


12:9 And it shall so happen on that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
12:10 And I will pour on the house of David(/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE., and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, a spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look to Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, like one mourns for an only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, like one that is in bitterness over a [perished] firstborn.
12:11 On that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12:12 And the land shall mourn, each family by itself; the family of the house of David(/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד‎, romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”)Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves
12:13 The family of the house of Leviלֵוִי‎
(/ˈliːvaɪ/ LEE-vy; Modern: Levī,The Torah suggests that the name Levi refers to Leah’s hope for Jacob to join with her, implying a derivation from Hebrew yillaweh, meaning he will join, but scholars suspect that it may simply mean priest, either as a loan word from the Minaean lawi’u, meaning priest, or by referring to those people who were joined to the Ark of the Covenant. For more info click here
by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;
12:14 All the families that remain, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.

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