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Zechariah 12:5

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The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’

Context

2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem) a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
3It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
4In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
5The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’
6In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem) will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
7Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah) first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
8In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David), and David’s house will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before them.

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