¹ The burden of the word of Jehovah against Israel, says^◦ Jehovah, who stretches·​·out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man in his midst^◦.

² Behold, I^▵ will set Jerusalem as a bowl of trepidation to all the people all around, and also they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

³ And it will be in that^◦ day that I will set Jerusalem as a stone, a load for all the peoples to bear; all who bear·​·the·​·load lacerating shall be lacerated, and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered·​·together to her.

⁴ In that^◦ day, says^◦ Jehovah, I will smite every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness; and I will open^◦ My eyes on the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.

⁵ And the leaders of Judah shall say in their heart, They who dwell in Jerusalem shall be an encouragement to me, in Jehovah of Armies their God.

⁶ In that^◦ day I will set the leaders of Judah like^◦ a laver^* of fire among^◦ the wood, and like^◦ a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people all around, on the right and on the left; and Jerusalem shall still dwell in her own place^* in Jerusalem.

⁷ And Jehovah shall save the tents of Judah first, so·​·that the splendor of the house of David and the splendor of those who dwell in Jerusalem may not magnify themselves against Judah.

⁸ In that^◦ day shall Jehovah defend those who dwell in Jerusalem; and he who stumbles among^◦ them in that^◦ day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.

⁹ And it shall be in that^◦ day, that I will seek to blot·​·out all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

¹⁰ And I will spill·​·out on the house of David, and on those who dwell in Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications^◦; and they shall look to^▵ Me whom they have thrust·​·through, and they shall wail over Him, as one wailing over an only^◦ child, and shall be·​·bitter over Him, as one is·​·bitter over his firstborn.

¹¹ In that^◦ day there shall be a great wailing in Jerusalem, as the wailing of Hadadrimmon in the vale of Megiddo.

¹² And the land shall wail, families, families apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

¹³ the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Simeon^◦ apart, and their wives apart;

¹⁴ all the families that are left, families, families apart, and their wives apart.

⁹ And I will bring the third part^* into the fire, and will refine them as the silver is refined, and will test them as the gold is tested; he^◦ shall call on^◦ My name, and I^◦ will answer him; I will say, This^◦ is My people; and he^◦ shall say, Jehovah is my God.