1An oracle. The word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

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Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 42:5, Jeremiah 51:15, Jeremiah 51:15, Isaiah 57:16

2"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

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Zechariah 14:14, Zechariah 14:14, Psalms 75:8, Isaiah 51:22, Isaiah 51:23

3It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.

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Matthew 21:44, Matthew 21:44, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:4, Zechariah 14:2

4In that day," says the Lord, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

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Zechariah 12:3, Deuteronomy 28:28, Zechariah 12:3, Deuteronomy 28:28, Zechariah 12:6

5The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.'

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Zechariah 10:12, Joel 3:16, Psalms 18:32, Zechariah 10:12, Joel 3:16

6In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.

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Obadiah 1:18, Obadiah 1:18, Micah 5:5, Micah 5:8, Zechariah 2:4

7The Lord also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.

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Jeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 30:18, Romans 3:27, Romans 3:27, Psalms 55:12

8In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.

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Micah 5:2, Micah 5:4, Micah 5:2, Micah 5:4, Micah 7:8

9It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Haggai 2:22

10I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

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Revelation 1:7, Revelation 1:7, Ezekiel 39:29, Ezekiel 39:29, Joel 2:28

11In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

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2 Chronicles 35:24, 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Chronicles 35:24, 2 Kings 23:29

12The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

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2 Samuel 5:14, Zechariah 7:3, Revelation 1:7, Matthew 24:30, Luke 3:31

13the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

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1 Chronicles 4:27, 1 Chronicles 23:10, Numbers 3:1, Numbers 3:4, 2 Samuel 16:5

14all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

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Proverbs 9:12, Proverbs 9:12