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.

And the princes of Judah shall say in their hearts, The [a]inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.

In that day will I make the princes of Judah like coals of fire among the wood, and like a firebrand in the 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:5 Every captain, that had many under him afore, shall now think that the small power of Jerusalem shall be sufficient to defend them against all enemies, because the Lord is among them.

On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.(A) Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong,(B) because the Lord Almighty is their God.’

“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot(C) in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume(D) all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact(E) in her place.

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