Zechariah 12:2

Hinei, I will make Yerushalayim a cup of reeling unto kol ha'amim (all the peoples) round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Yehudah and against Yerushalayim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

In Context

1The burden of the Devar Hashem concerning Yisroel: Saith Hashem, who stretcheth forth Shomayim, and layeth the yesod aretz, and formeth the ruach adam within him.

3And on Yom HaHu will I make Yerushalayim an even ma'amasah (a burdensome stone) for kol ha'amim: all that burden themselves with it + 12:3 i.e., try to lift it shall be cut in pieces, though kol Goyei Ha'Aretz be gathered together against her.

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Cross References

Psalms 75:8But Elohim is the Shofet; 1 He bringeth down one, and setteth up another. 1

Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy L-rd Hashem, 1 and thy G-d that pleadeth the cause of His people: 1 Hinei, I have taken out of thine yad 1 the Kos HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling, the Cup that causes reeling), 1 even the dregs of the cup of My fury; 1 thou shalt no more drink it again; 1

Jeremiah 25:15For thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel unto me: Take this kos hayayin haChemah (wine cup of wrath) + 25:15 See Lk 22:42 from My yad, and cause kol HaGoyim, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Jeremiah 49:12For thus saith Hashem: Hinei, they + 49:12 i.e., the innocent whose mishpat was not to drink of the Kos have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

Jeremiah 51:57And I will make shikkor (drunk) her sarim, and her chachamim, 1 her pachot (rulers), and her seganim (officials), and her gibborim; 1 and they shall sleep a shenat olam (perpetual sleep), and never awake, saith HaMelech Hashem Tzva'os Shmo. 1

Zechariah 14:14And Yehudah also shall fight at Yerushalayim; and the wealth of kol HaGoyim round about shall be gathered together, zahav, and kesef, and apparel, in great abundance.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 12:2-9

The Security of the Church; Punishment of the Church's Enemies; Promises to Judah. ( b. c. 500.) 1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord , which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all… Read the whole commentary →

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