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Chapter 12
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The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith
the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth
the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of
man within him. |
2
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Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto
all the people round about, when they shall be in the
siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. |
3
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome
stone for all people: all that burden themselves with
it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the
earth be gathered together against it. |
4
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In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse
with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I
will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will
smite every horse of the people with blindness. |
5
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And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart,
The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in
the LORD of hosts their God. |
6
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In that day will I make the governors of Judah like
an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of
fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people
round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem
shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. |
7
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The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first,
that the glory of the house of David and the glory of
the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves
against Judah. |
8
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In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day
shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as
God, as the angel of the LORD before them. |
9
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. |
10
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And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of
supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they
have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth
for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him,
as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. |
11
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In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem,
as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. |
12
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And the land shall 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; |
13
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The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives
apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; |
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All the families that remain, every family apart, and
their wives apart. |
