The Lord Will Destroy Jerusalem’s Enemies
1This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message about Israel.
The Lord spreads out the heavens. He lays the foundation of the earth. He creates the human spirit within a person. He says, 2“Jerusalem will be like a cup in my hand. It will make all the surrounding nations drunk from the wine of my anger. Judah will be attacked by its enemies. So will Jerusalem. 3At that time all the nations on earth will gather together against Jerusalem. Then it will become like a rock that can’t be moved. All the nations that try to move it will only hurt themselves. 4On that day I will fill every horse with panic. I will make every rider crazy,” announces the Lord. “I will watch over the people of Judah. But I will make all the horses of the nations blind. 5Then the family groups of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong. That’s because the Lord who rules over all is their God.’
6“At that time Judah’s family groups will be like a fire pot in a pile of wood. They will be like a burning torch among bundles of grain. They will destroy all the surrounding nations on every side. But Jerusalem will remain unharmed in its place.
7“I will save the houses in Judah first. The honor of David’s family line is great. So is the honor of those who live in Jerusalem. But their honor will not be greater than the honor of the rest of Judah. 8At that time I will be like a shield to those who live in Jerusalem. Then even the weakest among them will be great warriors like David. And David’s family line will be like the angel of the Lord who leads them. 9On that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
Israel’s People Will Mourn Over the One They Pierced
10“I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on David’s family line. I will also send it on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look to me. I am the one they have pierced. They will mourn over me as someone mourns over an only child who has died. They will be full of sorrow over me. Their sorrow will be just like someone’s sorrow over an oldest son. 11At that time there will be a lot of weeping in Jerusalem. It will be as great as the weeping of the people at Hadad Rimmon. Hadad Rimmon is in the valley of Megiddo. They were weeping over Josiah’s death. 12Everyone in the land will mourn. Each family will mourn by themselves and their wives by themselves. That will include the family lines of David, Nathan, 13Levi, Shimei and 14all the others.
耶路撒冷必蒙拯救
1以下是耶和華關於以色列的啟示。
鋪展穹蒼、奠立大地的根基、塑造人靈魂的耶和華說： 2「看啊，我要使耶路撒冷成為令周圍萬民昏醉的酒杯。耶路撒冷被圍困時，猶大也必受困。 3到那天，當地上的列國聚集起來攻擊耶路撒冷的時候，我要使耶路撒冷成為一塊沉重的石頭。凡試圖舉起它的，必傷自己。 4到那天，我要使所有的戰馬驚恐，使馬上的騎士癲狂。我必看顧猶大家，使列邦的馬匹瞎眼。這是耶和華說的。 5那時，猶大的族長必心裡說，『耶路撒冷的居民從他們的上帝——萬軍之耶和華那裡得到了力量。』
6「到那天，我必使猶大的族長像木柴中的火盆，像禾捆中的火把，吞噬左右四圍的列邦，但耶路撒冷人必仍在原處——耶路撒冷安居。
7「耶和華必首先拯救猶大的帳篷，免得大衛家和耶路撒冷居民的榮耀超過猶大。 8到那天，耶和華必保護耶路撒冷的居民，使他們當中最軟弱的像大衛一樣剛強，使大衛家像上帝一樣，像耶和華的天使一樣帶領他們。 9到那天，我必毀滅前來攻擊耶路撒冷的列國。
10「我必將施恩和禱告的靈澆灌在大衛家和耶路撒冷的居民身上。他們必仰望我——他們所刺的那位，如喪獨子一般為祂哀傷，如喪長子一般為祂痛哭。 11到那天，耶路撒冷必一片哀聲，猶如米吉多平原的哈達臨門的哀聲。 12境內家家戶戶都必哀哭。大衛家的男子在一處，女子在一處；拿單家的男子在一處，女子在一處； 13利未家的男子在一處，女子在一處；示每家的男子在一處，女子在一處。 14其餘各家也都哀哭，男女分開。
