Zechariah 12:3

On that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. Anyone trying to lift that stone will hurt himself very much, and all the nations of the earth will gather against that city.

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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

In Context

2“See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during the siege against Jerusalem.

4On that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness. Over the house of Judah I will open my eyes, but every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.

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Cross References

Isaiah 60:12Indeed, nations and kingdoms that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be completely destroyed. 1

Ezekiel 38:1The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be conquered by another people. It will break the other kingdoms into pieces and put an end to all of them, and it will remain forever.

Obadiah 1:18The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will burn them, and consume them. There will be no survivors to the house of Esau, for Yahweh has spoken it.”

Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, 1 for I will make your horn to be iron, 1 and I will make your hooves to be bronze. 1 You will crush many peoples and you will devote their unjust wealth to Yahweh, 1 their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.”

Micah 5:15I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath 1 on the nations that have not listened.”

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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