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The Lord also will deliver the homes[a] of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship[b] of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:7 tn Heb “the tents” (so NAB, NRSV); NIV “the dwellings.”
  2. Zechariah 12:7 tn Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression is translated “dynasty” in the following verse.

“The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(A)

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