eng_aiv Amundson Interpretive Version Zechariah Zechariah Zechariah Zech Zechariah id=eng_aiv name=Amundson Interpretive Version (AIV) status=draft spec=USFM-USX 3.1.1 export=2026-11-02 char:add=translator-addition-italic char:wj=words-of-Jesus-as-received-unmapped note:f=footnotes para:r=parallel-passage-references para:d=psalm-superscriptions A Call to Repentance (Jeremiah 3:11–25; Hosea 14:1–3) In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: “YHWH has been angry at your⁺ fathers with wrath. Therefore you shall say to them, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘Return to Me, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and I will return to you⁺, says YHWH of Hosts.’ Do not be like your⁺ fathers, to whom the former prophets called, saying, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘Turn aside now from your⁺ evil ways and your⁺ evil deeds.’ They did not hear and did not pay attention to Me, a declaration of YHWH. Your⁺ fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? Indeed, My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did not they overtake your⁺ fathers? And they returned and said, ‘As YHWH of Hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has done to us.’” The Vision of the Horses On the twenty and fourth day of the one and tenth month, it is the month of Shebat,1.7 Shebat is the eleventh month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of January and February. in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: I saw in the night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and it was standing among the myrtle trees that were in the hollow; and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. And I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what they are, these things.” And the man standing among the myrtle trees answered, and he said: “These are they whom YHWH has sent to walk to and fro on the earth.” And they answered the angel of YHWH standing among the myrtle trees, and they said, “We have walked to and fro on the earth, and behold, all the earth is sitting and being quiet.” And the angel of YHWH answered and said, “O YHWH of Hosts, until when will You have no compassion on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?” And YHWH answered the angel speaking with me good words, words of comfort. And the angel speaking with me said to me, “Call out, saying, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal. And with great wrath I am angry with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they have helped the calamity!1.15 Or they have overdone the punishment” Therefore, thus says YHWH: ‘I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; My house will be built within her, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and a line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’ Again call out, saying, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘Again My cities will overflow with goodness; and YHWH again will comfort Zion, and He will choose again Jerusalem.’ The Vision of the Horns and the Craftsmen And I raised my eyes, and looked, and behold, four horns. And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” And YHWH showed me four craftsmen. And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And He answered, saying, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that not a person could lift up his head; and these are coming to make them tremble, to cast down the horns of the nations who have lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.” The Vision of the Measuring Line (Ezekiel 40:1–4) And I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line. And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” And behold, the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel was coming out to meet him. And he said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will sit in the open country, because of the multitude of men and livestock in her midst. And I will be unto her, a declaration of YHWH, a wall of fire all around, and I will be as glory in her midst!’” The Redemption of Zion (Hosea 3:1–5) “Up, up, and flee from the land of the north,” a declaration of YHWH, “For like the four winds of the heavens, I have scattered you⁺,” a declaration of YHWH. “Up, O Zion, Escape, you who are dwelling with the daughter of Babylon.” For thus says YHWH of Hosts: “After His Glory sent me2.8 Or After the Glorious One has sent Me or After He has honored Me and sent Me to the nations who are plundering you⁺—for the one touching you⁺ is touching the apple2.8 Or the pupil of His eye— for, behold, I am waving My hand against them, and they will become plunder for their own servants. And you⁺ will know that YHWH of Hosts has sent me. Sing out and be glad, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst,” a declaration of YHWH. “And many nations will be joined to YHWH on that day; and they will become unto Me as a people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that YHWH of Hosts has sent me to you. And YHWH will inherit Judah as His portion upon the land of Holiness, and He will choose again Jerusalem. Be silent, all flesh, before the face of YHWH! For He has roused Himself from the abode of His holiness!” The Vision of Joshua the High Priest And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel3.1 Or Angel; also in verses 3, 4, 5, and 6; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized. of YHWH, and Satan3.1 That is, the Accuser or the Adversary; also in verse 2 was standing at his right hand to oppose him. And YHWH said to Satan, “YHWH rebukes you, Satan! And may YHWH who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you. Is not this a firebrand3.2 Or a burning stick snatched from the fire?” And Joshua was there, dressed in filthy garments, and he was standing before the angel. And he answered and spoke to those standing before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And he said to him, “See, your iniquity I have made pass from you, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.” And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” And they put a clean turban on his head, and they clothed him with garments, and the angel of YHWH was standing by. And the angel of YHWH testified to Joshua, saying, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways and if you will keep My command, then you will judge My house, and also guard My courts, and I will give to you goings among these ones standing by. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions sitting before you, for they are men of a sign: Now behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the Branch. For behold, the stone that I have given before the face of Joshua, upon a single stone with seven eyes,3.9 Or facets behold, I am engraving its inscription, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. On that day, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, each man will call his neighbor to be under his vine and under his fig tree.’” The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees And the angel speaking with me returned, and he woke me as a man who is wakened from his sleep; and he said to me: “What are you seeing?” And I said, “I am looking, and behold, a lampstand of gold, all of it, and a bowl on its head, and seven lamps on it—seven and seven pipes for the lamps that are on its head. And two olive trees are by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.” And I answered and spoke to the angel who was speaking with me, saying: “What are these, my lord?” And the angel who was speaking with me answered, and he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” And he answered and spoke to me, saying: “This is the word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might, and not by power, but only by My Spirit, says YHWH of Hosts. Who are you, great mountain? Before the face of Zerubbabel as a plain; and he will bring forth the stone at the head with shouts: ‘Grace, grace to it!’” And the word of YHWH came to me, saying: “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and His hands will complete it. And you will know that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me to you⁺. For who has despised the day of small things, and they will rejoice when they see the tin plummet4.10 Or the plumb line or the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel? These seven, they are the eyes4.10 Or facets of YHWH, roving about through all the earth.” And I answered and said to him: “What are these two olive trees at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” And I answered a second time and said to him: “What are the two branches of the olive trees that, into the hands of the two pipes of gold, are emptying out from them the gold?” And he answered to me and said: “Do not you know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” And he said, “These are the two sons of new oil, who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.” 4.14 See Revelation 11:4. The Vision of the Flying Scroll And I turned and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a flying scroll. And he said to me, “What are you seeing?” And I answered, “I am seeing a flying scroll. Its length is twenty by the cubit, and its width is ten by the cubit.5.2 The flying scroll was approximately 30 feet long and 15 feet wide (9.1 meters long and 4.6 meters wide).” And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the earth. For everyone stealing, on this side according to it he will be cleaned out, and everyone swearing falsely, on this side according to it he will be cleaned out. I will send it out, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of the one swearing by My name for deception, and it will lodge in the midst of his house and will put an end to it and its timbers and its stones!” The Vision of the Woman in a Basket And the angel speaking with me came forth, and he said to me: “Lift now your eyes, and see what this is that is going forth.” And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the basket5.6 Or the ephah that is going forth.” And he said, “This is their iniquity5.6 One Hebrew manuscript, LXX, and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts their appearance or literally their eye in all the land.” And behold, a disc of lead was being lifted, and this is a lone woman sitting in the midst of the basket. And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he threw her down into the midst of the basket, and he threw the weight of lead over its mouth. And I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, two women were coming forth, and the wind was in their wings! And unto them were wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between the earth and between the heavens. And I said to the angel speaking with me, “Where are they bringing the basket?” And he said to me, “To build for it a house in the land of Shinar;5.11 That is, Babylonia and when it is ready, it will be made to rest there on its base.” The Vision of the Four Chariots And I turned and lifted up my eyes, and I looked, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze. With the first chariot were red horses, and with the second chariot black horses, and with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot spotted horses—strong. And I answered and said to the angel speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four spirits6.5 Or winds of the heavens going forth from the standing next to the Lord of all the earth. The one with the black horses is going forth to the land of the north, and the white ones are going forth to the west,6.6 Or going forth after them and the spotted ones are going forth to the land of the south.” And the strong ones went forth, they sought to go about, going to and fro on the earth. And He said, “Go, walk up and down on the earth.” And they went to and fro on the earth. And He called to me and spoke to me, saying: “See, those going forth to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.” The Crown and the Temple And the word of YHWH came to me, saying: “Take from the captive, from Heldai, from Tobiah, and from Jedaiah (who have come from Babylon). And you will come on that day and go into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. And you shall take silver and gold, and you shall make crowns. And you shall set them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak,6.11 Jehozadak is a variant of Jozadak; see Ezra 3:2. the high priest, and you shall speak to him, saying, thus says YHWH of Hosts, saying: ‘Behold, a man—the Branch is his name—and from underneath him, he will branch forth and will build the temple of YHWH. And he will build the temple of YHWH, and it is he who will bear the splendor, and he will sit and rule upon his throne. And He will be a priest on His throne,6.13 Or And there will be a priest on His throne and a counsel of peace will be between the two of them.’ And the crowns will be for Helem,6.14 Hebrew; Syriac Heldai; see verse 10. and Tobiah, and Jedaiah, and Hen6.14 Or and the gracious; Syriac and Josiah; see verse 10. son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of YHWH. And the far off will come and do building work on the temple of YHWH, and you⁺ will know that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me to you⁺. And it will come to pass if you⁺ diligently listen to the voice of YHWH your⁺ God.” A Call to Justice and Mercy And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, that the word of YHWH came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, in Chislev.7.1 Chislev is the ninth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of November and December. And Bethel had sent Sar-ezer, and Regem-melech,7.2 Or And Bethel-sharezer had sent Regem-melech and his men to ask for favor before YHWH and to speak to the priests who were in the house of YHWH of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month and fast, even as I have done this how many years?” And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying, “Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you⁺ fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh months, and these seventy years, were you⁺ truly fasting for Me? For when you⁺ were eating and when you⁺ were drinking, was it not for yourselves that you were eating and for yourselves that you were drinking? Are not these the words that YHWH called out by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, and her cities around her, and the Negev and the Shephelah7.7 Or foothills or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea were inhabited?’” And the word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts, saying: ‘Judge with true justice, and loving devotion7.9 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant. and compassion each man must do with his brother; and the widow and fatherless, the sojourner and the poor, you⁺ shall not oppress; and you⁺ shall not devise in your⁺ heart the evil of a man against his brother!’ And they refused to pay attention, and they gave the shoulder, acting rebelliously, and their ears they made heavy from hearing;7.11 Or they stopped up their ears from hearing and their hearts they made flint, from hearing the law and the words that YHWH of Hosts had sent by His Spirit, by the hand of the former prophets. And there was great wrath from YHWH of Hosts. And it came to pass that when He called out, then they would not listen. So they will call out, and I will not listen, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts— and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. And the land was left desolate after them from passing through or returning; and they made the land of desire into a desolation!” The Restoration of Jerusalem (Micah 4:6–13) And the word of YHWH of Hosts came, saying, thus says YHWH of Hosts: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and with great rage I am jealous for her!” Thus says YHWH: “I will return to Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of YHWH of Hosts, the Mountain of Holiness.” Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Again old men and old women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand from an abundance of days. And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.” Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “If it is marvelous8.6 Or impossible; twice in this verse in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, will it also in My eyes be marvelous?” An utterance of YHWH of Hosts. Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the sunrise and from the land of the going in of the sun. And I will bring them in, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and they will be unto Me as a people, and I will be unto them God, in truth and in righteousness.” Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Let your⁺ hands be strong, hearing in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets who spoke in the day that the house of YHWH of Hosts was founded to build the temple. For before those days there was not a wage for man or a wage for beast. There was not one going forth and one coming in, nor peace from the enemy, and I sent all mankind—each man—against his neighbor. And now not as in the former days am I to the remnant of this people,” a declaration of YHWH of Hosts. “Because of the sowing of peace, the vine will give her fruit, and the ground will give her increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and to the remnant of this people I will give as an inheritance all these things. And it will come to pass that as you⁺ were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you⁺, and you⁺ will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your⁺ hands be strong.” For thus says YHWH of Hosts: “As I purposed to bring disaster upon you⁺ when your⁺ fathers provoked Me to wrath, says YHWH of Hosts, and I would not relent, so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! These are the things that you⁺ will do: Speak the truth, every man with his neighbor; in truth and judgment of peace render judgment in your⁺ gates; and each man, you⁺ shall not devise evil against a neighbor in your⁺ heart, and an oath of deception you⁺ shall not love, for all these are that which I hate,” a declaration of YHWH. And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying: “Thus says YHWH of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, will be for the house of Judah as joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. And love the truth and the peace.” Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Yet that peoples will come, and dwellers of many cities. And will go those dwelling in one to one, saying, ‘Let us go at once to ask for favor before the face of YHWH, and to seek YHWH of Hosts; I will go—even I.’ And will come many peoples and strong nations to seek YHWH of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to ask for favor before the face of YHWH.” Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “In those days, will take hold ten men from every language of the nations, and they will take hold on the sleeve of a man, a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you⁺, for we have heard that God is with you⁺.’” The Burden against Israel’s Enemies The burden of the word of YHWH against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus its resting place— For unto YHWH is an eye on mankind, and on all the tribes of Israel9.1 Or Ror the eye of YHWH is on all men and all the tribes of Israel— and Hamath that borders on her, and Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. And Tyre has built a tower for herself, and she has heaped up silver like the dust and gold like the mud of the streets. Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and cast her wealth into the sea,9.4 Or and strike down her power on the sea and she will be consumed by the fire! Ashkelon will see and fear, and also Gaza will greatly writhe, and Ekron, for her expectation He has dried up. And the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited, and a mixed race will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. And I will turn away the blood from his mouth, and the abominations from between his teeth; and the one who remains, even he is unto our God, and he will be like a clan9.7 Or like a leader in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite. And I will camp around My house as a guard against the one passing by and the one returning; and no oppressor will pass through them anymore, for now I look on with My own eyes! Zion’s Coming King (Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–40; John 12:12–19) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is righteous and bearing salvation,9.9 Or righteous and endowed with salvation lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.9.9 Cited in Matthew 21:5 and John 12:15 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim9.10 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel and the horse from Jerusalem; and the bow of battle will be cut off, and He will speak peace to the nations, and His dominion is from sea to sea and from the River9.10 That is, the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. As for you also, by the blood of your covenant, I will set free your prisoners from the pit without water in it. So return to the stronghold, O prisoners of hope. Even this day I declare that I will return double to you. For I have bent for Myself Judah as a bow, I have filled it with Ephraim, and I have raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Javan,9.13 That is, Greece and I have set like the sword of a mighty one! Yahweh Will Save His People And YHWH will be seen over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord YHWH will blow on the shofar, and He will go forth with storms from the south. YHWH of Hosts will give cover over them, and they will devour, and they will conquer with stones of a sling; and they will drink and roar as if with wine, and they will be full like a bowl, like the corners of the altar! And YHWH their God will save them on that day, as the flock of His people; indeed the stones of a diadem, will be shining over His land. For how great His goodness, and what His beauty! Grain for the young men, and new wine will make flourish the young women. Judah and Israel Will Be Restored Ask from YHWH the rain in the time of the spring rain; and YHWH, the One making the storm clouds, He will give to them the shower of rain, to each man the herb in the field. For the teraphim speak delusion, and the diviners see deception, and they speak of dreams of emptiness; in vain they give comfort. Upon thus they set out like sheep; they are afflicted because there is no shepherd. “Against the shepherds, My anger is kindled; and against the he-goats,10.3 Or the leaders I lay a charge. But YHWH of Hosts will attend to His flock, the house of Judah, and He will set them as a horse of His splendor in the battle. From him is the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the bow of battle; from him comes every ruler together. And they will be like mighty ones, trampling in the mud of the streets in the battle; and they will fight, for YHWH is with them, and they will put to shame the riders of horses. And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save; and I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not cast them aside. For I am YHWH their God, and I will answer them. And Ephraim will become like a mighty one, and their heart will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it and will be glad; their heart will rejoice in YHWH. I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they will be many, as they were many. And I will sow them among the peoples, and in far-off places they will remember Me; and they will live together with their sons, and they will return. And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, and from Assyria I will gather them, and to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them, until no place can be found for them. And He will pass through the sea of distress, and He will strike the waves of that sea, and He will dry up all the depths of the River. And the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. And I will make them mighty in YHWH, and in His name they will walk,” a declaration of YHWH. The Doomed Flock Open, O Lebanon, your doors, that fire may devour your cedars! Wail, O cypress,11.2 Or pine or juniper or fir for the cedar has fallen, for the mighty ones are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for forest the dense has gone down. A voice of wailing is among the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins a voice of the roaring of lions, for the height of the Jordan has been devastated. Thus says YHWH my God: “Shepherd the flock of the slaughter. Those who are buying them will slaughter them, and they will not be held guilty; and those selling them will say, ‘Blessed be YHWH, for I have become rich.’ And their own shepherds have no compassion on them. So I will not have compassion any longer on those dwelling in the land, a declaration of YHWH, and behold, I am causing to come forth mankind—each man into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king—and they will crush the land, and I will not deliver from their hand.” And I pastured the flock of slaughter, the afflicted of the flock, and I took for myself two staffs—to one I called Favor, and to one I called Union—and I pastured the flock. And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and My soul became short with them, and also their soul felt loathing for me. And I said, “I will not shepherd you⁺. The one dying, let die, and the one cut off, let it be cut off. And those remaining, let each one eat the flesh of its neighbor!” Thirty Pieces of Silver (Matthew 27:3–10) And I took my staff Favor, and cut11.10 Or broke; similarly in verse 14 it in two, to break apart the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. And it was broken on that day, so the afflicted of the flock watching me knew that it was the word of YHWH. And I said to them, “If it is good to you⁺, give me my wage; and if not, forgo it.” And they weighed out my wage, thirty of silver. And YHWH said to me, “Throw it to the potter,” the magnificent price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty of silver, and I threw it into the house of YHWH, to the potter. And I cut in two my second staff, Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and between Israel. And YHWH said to me, “Again take for yourself the implement of a foolish shepherd. For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land: Those being cut off he will not attend to; the young one he will not seek, and the one being broken he will not heal. The one standing still he will not sustain, and the flesh of the fat one he will devour, and their hooves he will tear off! Woe to the worthless shepherd, leaving behind the flock. May a sword be against his arm and against his right eye. May his arm completely wither, and his right eye be exceedingly!” The Coming Deliverance of Jerusalem 1 The burden of the word of YHWH against Israel. “Behold, I am setting Jerusalem as a cup of drunkenness for all the peoples round about. Even against Judah it will be in the siege and against Jerusalem. And it will come to pass in that day, that I will set Jerusalem as a stone of burden for all the peoples; all loading it will be severely cut. They will gather against it—all the nations of the earth. On that day, a declaration of YHWH, I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness. And upon the house of Judah I will keep open My eyes, and every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness. And the clans of Judah will say in their heart, ‘Strength for those dwelling in Jerusalem is in YHWH of Hosts, their God.’ On that day I will set the clans of Judah as a basin of fire among the trees, and as a torch of fire among the sheaves; and they will devour on the right and on the left all the peoples round about, and Jerusalem will dwell again in her place, in Jerusalem. And YHWH will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of those dwelling in Jerusalem will not become great beyond Judah. On that day YHWH will cover over those dwelling in Jerusalem, and the one stumbling among them will be on that day like David, and the house of David like God, like the angel12.8 Or Angel of YHWH, before their faces! And it will come to pass on that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations who are coming against Jerusalem. Mourning the One They Pierced (John 19:31–37) And I will pour out on the house of David and on those dwelling in Jerusalem a spirit12.10 Or the Spirit of grace and supplication, and they will look on Me,12.10 Or to Me whom they have pierced.12.10 Cited in John 19:37 And they will mourn for Him, like the mourning over the only one, and grieving over Him like the grieving over a firstborn. On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be great, like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. And the land will mourn, clans by clans, each by itself; the clan of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves; all the clans remaining, clans by clans, each by itself, and their wives by themselves. An End to Idolatry “ On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David, and for those dwelling in Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity. And it will come to pass on that day, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered anymore; and also the prophets and the spirit of impurity I will make pass from the land. And it will come to pass, if a man prophesies still, that his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You will not live, for you have spoken deception in the name of YHWH.’ And his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through at his prophesying. And it will come to pass in that day, that will feel shame the prophets, each man from his vision, in his prophesying; and they will not clothe themselves with a cloak of hair in order to deceive. And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a farmer working the land, for a man acquired me in my youth.13.5 Or I am a farmer, for the land has been my livelihood since my youth. And if it is said to him, ‘What are these wounds between your hands?’ He will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’ The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered (Matthew 26:31–35; Mark 14:27–31) O Sword, awake against My shepherd, and against a man, My companion, a declaration of YHWH of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,13.7 Cited in Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27 and I will turn My hand against the little ones! And it will come to pass, in all the land, a declaration of YHWH, a measure that two in it will be cut off and die, and the third will remain in it. And I will bring the third through the fire, and I will refine them like the refining of silver, and I will test them like the testing of gold. He will call on my name, and I will answer him. I will say, ‘It is My people,’ and he will say, ‘YHWH is My God.’” The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed Behold, a day of YHWH is coming, and your plunder will be divided in your midst, and I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. And the city will be captured, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city will go forth into exile, and the remnant of the people will not be cut off from the city. And YHWH will go forth, and He will do battle against those nations, as in the day of His fighting in a day of battle. And His feet will stand on that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is upon the face of Jerusalem from the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split, from half of it on the east and on the west, a very great valley; and half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And you⁺ will flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal; and you⁺ will flee, as when you⁺ fled from the face of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And YHWH my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.14.5 LXX; Hebrew with You And it will come to pass on that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost. And it will be a unique day—it is known to YHWH—with no day and no night, and it will come to pass at the time of evening, that there will be light. And it will come to pass, in that day, that will go forth living waters from Jerusalem—half of them toward the Eastern Sea,14.8 That is, the Dead Sea and half of them toward the Western Sea;14.8 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea in the summer and in the winter it will come to pass. And YHWH will be King over all the earth; in that day YHWH will be one, and His name one. All the land will be turned into a plain, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, and she will be raised up and dwell in her place, from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Gate of the Corner, and from the Tower of Hananel to the winepresses of the king. And they will dwell in her, and there will be utter destruction no longer, and Jerusalem will dwell in safety. And this will be the plague with which YHWH will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: The rotting of his flesh, and he is standing on his feet; his eyes will rot in their sockets, and the tongue will rot in their mouth. And it will come to pass, in that day, that there will be a great panic from YHWH among them, and each man will seize the hand of his neighbor, and will raise his hand against the hand of his neighbor. And also Judah will fight in Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the nations round about will be gathered together—gold, and silver, and garments, in great abundance. And so will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, and the donkey, and on all the cattle that may be in those camps, as this plague. All Nations Will Worship the King (Leviticus 23:33–44; Nehemiah 8:13–18) And it will come to pass that everyone remaining from all the nations coming against Jerusalem will go up, year by year, to bow down to the King, YHWH of Hosts, and to keep the feast of Booths.14.16 That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22). And it will come to pass that whoever does not go up from the families of the earth to Jerusalem, to bow down to the King, YHWH of Hosts, there will not be on them rain. And if the family of Egypt does not go up and does not go in, then it is not upon them; this will be the plague with which YHWH strikes the nations who do not come up to celebrate the feast of Booths. This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to celebrate the feast of Booths. On that day it will be on the bells of the horses: HOLY TO YHWH. And the pots in the house of YHWH will be like the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be a holy thing to YHWH of hosts; and everyone sacrificing will come and will take from them and will cook in them. And there will be no longer a Canaanite14.21 Or merchant in the house of YHWH of hosts on that day.