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The leaders of Judah will say to themselves, “Those who live in Jerusalem are my strength through the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, their God.” ‘At that time,[a] I will make the leaders of Judah like a brazier filled with blazing wood, or like a torch setting fire to harvested grain. They will devour all the invading[b] armies, both on the right hand and on the left. As a result, Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its rightful place—as the real[c] Jerusalem.’”

The Lord will deliver the tents of Judah first, so that neither the glory of the house[d] of David nor the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem overshadows Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:6 Lit. day
  2. Zechariah 12:6 Lit. surrounding
  3. Zechariah 12:6 The Heb. lacks the real
  4. Zechariah 12:7 Or family