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

2 “I am about to make Jerusalem a bowl that causes all the surrounding peoples to stagger. It will also be upon Judah during the siege against Jerusalem. 3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will be severely cut, and all the nations of the earth will gather against her. 4 On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. I will open my eyes over the house of Judah, but I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 Then the chiefs of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength through the LORD of hosts, their God.’ 6 On that day I will make the chiefs of Judah like a firepan among wood and like a burning torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples to the right and to the left, while Jerusalem will again be inhabited in her own place, in Jerusalem.

7 The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be greater than that of Judah. 8 On that day the LORD will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The feeblest among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them. 9 On that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look to me, whom they pierced, and mourn for him as one mourns for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be great, like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddon. 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves; 14 all the remaining families, each family by itself and their wives by themselves.”