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Zechariah 12:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then each of the leaders of Judah will think to himself: The residents of Jerusalem are my strength through the Lord of Armies, their God.

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I will strengthen  them in the Lord, and they will march  in his name – this is the Lord’s declaration.


The Lord will roar from Zion and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will shake. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the Israelites.


a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgement, and strength to those who repel attacks at the city gate.


On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a brazier in a woodpile,  like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.


I will strengthen the house of Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will restore   them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had never rejected them. For I am the Lord  their God, and I will answer them.


then I might also reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David. That is, I would not take rulers from his descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But in fact, I will restore their fortunes  and have compassion on them.’


Jacob’s leader will be one of them; his ruler will issue from him. I will invite him to me, and he will approach me, for who would otherwise risk his life to approach me? This is the  Lord’s declaration.


I will bring gold instead of bronze; I will bring silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your government and righteousness as your overseers.


Indeed, a king will reign righteously, and rulers will rule justly.


For the Lord has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to   sleep; he has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).


I will restore your judges  to what they were at first, and your advisers to what they were at the start. Afterwards you will be called the Righteous City, a Faithful Town.’


Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.


Hear the word of the  Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!


My heart is with the leaders of Israel, with the volunteers of the people. Blessed be the Lord!


On that day’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness.  I will keep a watchful eye on  the house of Judah but strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.


Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.


On that day the Lord of Armies will become a crown of beauty and a diadem of splendour to the remnant of his people,


It will be said about me, “Righteousness and strength are found only in the  Lord.” ’ All who are enraged against him will come to him and be put to shame.





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