Commentary on Zechariah, Malachi

1The burden of the word of Jehovah on Israel; — Say does Jehovah, Who expanded the heavens and founded the earth, And formed the spirit of man within him, —

2Behold, I make Jerusalem A threshold of bruising to all the people around; And as to Judah, soshall he be During the siege against Jerusalem. (344)

3It shall also be in that day That I will make Jerusalem A burdensome stone to all people; Whosoever will lift it shall be cut in pieces, Though assembled against it Should be all the nations of the earth. (345)

4In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with stupor, And its rider with madness; and on the house of Judah I will open mine eyes; And every horse of the people Will I smite with blindness:

5And say will the chiefs of Judah in their hearts, — “Strength to me are the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Through Jehovah of hosts their God.” (349)

6In that day I will make the chiefs of Judah Like a pot fire among wood; And like a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they shall consume, on the right hand And on the left, all the nations around; And inhabited shall be Jerusalem In her own place, in Jerusalem:

7And save shall Jehovah The tents of Judah as at the beginning; And thus the honour of the house of David, and the honour of the citizen of Jerusalem, Shall not exult over Judah. (345)

8In that day Jehovah will protect The inhabitant of Jerusalem; And the feeble among them shall be like David, And the house of David like angels, (357) As the angel of Jehovah before their face.

9And it shall be in that day, That I will seek to destroy all the nations Who shall come against Jerusalem:

10And I will pour upon the house of David, And upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, The spirit of grace and of lamentations; And they shall look to me whom they have pierced: And lament shall they for him, As with a lamentation for an only-begotten; And bitter shall they be for him, As with a bitterness for a first-born.

11In that day great shall be the lamentation in Jerusalem, Like the lamentation of Hadadrimmon In the valley of Megiddon:

12And lament shall the land, 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;

13The family of the house of Levi apart, And their wives apart; The family of Shimei apart; And their wives apart;

14All the remaining families, Every family apart, And their wives apart;