The Lord is my Rock, {\cf2\super [646]} \par Bless the Lord.\par The Lord trains me for war.\par The Lord trains me for battle.\par
Zechariah 12:5 - Easy To Read Version The family leaders of Judah will encourage the people. They will say, ‘The Lord All-Powerful is your God. He makes us strong.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the chiefs of Judah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength in the Lord of hosts, their God. American Standard Version (1901) And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts their God. Common English Bible The chieftains of Judah will say to themselves, We are strong; the inhabitants of Jerusalem will say, The LORD their God of heavenly forces is strong. Catholic Public Domain Version And the governors of Judah will say in their heart, "Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strengthened for me, in the Lord of hosts, their God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the governors of Juda shall say in their heart: Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strengthened for me in the Lord of hosts, their God. |
The Lord is my Rock, {\cf2\super [646]} \par Bless the Lord.\par The Lord trains me for war.\par The Lord trains me for battle.\par
God, you made me strong in battle.\par You made my enemies fall before me.\par
God is our storehouse of strength.\par In him, we can always find help\par in times of trouble.\par
You leaders of Sodom, listen to the Lord’s message! You people of Gomorrah, listen to God’s teachings!
Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. All of your rulers demand bribes—they accept money for doing wrong things. All of your rulers take pay for cheating people. Your rulers don’t try to help the children that have no parents. And your rulers don’t listen to the needs of the women whose husbands are dead.”
I will bring back the kind of judges you had in the beginning. Your counselors will be like the counselors you had long ago. Then you will be called ‘The Good and Faithful City.’”
At that time, the Lord All-Powerful will become the “Beautiful Crown.” He will be the “Wonderful Crown of Flowers” for his people that are left.
Then the Lord will give wisdom to the judges that rule his people. The Lord will give strength to the people in battles at the city gates.
The Lord will make you sleepy.\par The Lord will close your eyes.\par (The prophets are your eyes.)\par The Lord will cover your heads.\par (The prophets are your heads.)\par
Listen to the things I say! A king should rule in a way that brings goodness. Leaders should make fair decisions when they lead the people.
“You now have copper,\par I will bring you gold.\par You now have iron,\par I will bring you silver.\par I will change your wood into copper.\par I will change your rocks into iron.\par I will change your punishment into peace.\par People now hurt you,\par but people will do good things for you.\par
One of their own people will lead them.\par That ruler will come from my people.\par People can come close to me\par only if I ask them to.\par So I will ask that leader to come to me,\par and he will be close to me.\par
Then maybe I would turn away from Jacob’s {\cf2\super [281]} descendants. {\cf2\super [282]} And then maybe I would not let David’s descendants rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But David is my servant. And I will be kind to those people. And I will again cause good things to happen to those people.”
The Lord God will shout from Zion, {\cf2\super [33]} \par He will shout from Jerusalem,\par and the sky and the earth will shake.\par But the Lord God will be a safe place\par for his people.\par He will be a place of safety\par for the people of Israel.\par
The Lord will make his people strong. And they will live for him and his name. The Lord said these things.
I will make Judah’s family strong. I will help Joseph’s family win the war. I will bring them back safe and sound. I will comfort them. It will be like I never left them. I am the Lord their God, and I will help them.
But at that time, I will scare the horse, and the soldier riding it will panic. I will make all the enemy horses blind, but my eyes will be open—and I will be watching over Judah’s family.
At that time, I will make the family leaders of Judah like a fire burning in a forest. They will destroy their enemies like fire burning straw. They will destroy the enemy all around them. And the people in Jerusalem will again be able to sit back and relax.”
My heart is with the commanders of Israel who volunteered to go to war! Bless the Lord!