1 The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him: 2 Behold I will make Jerusalem a lintel of surfeiting to all the people round about: and Juda also shall be in the siege against Jerusalem. 3 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all people: all that shall lift it up shall be rent and torn, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall be gathered together against her. 4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will strike every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Juda, and will strike every horse of the nations with blindness. 5 And the governors of Juda shall say in their heart: Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strengthened for me in the Lord of hosts, their God. 6 In that day I will make the governors of Juda like a furnace of fire amongst wood, and as a firebrand amongst hay: and they shall devour all the people round about, to the right hand, and to the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place in Jerusalem. 7 And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Juda, as in the beginning: that the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not boast and magnify themselves against Juda. 8 In that day shall the Lord protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he that hath offended among them in that day shall be as David: and the house of David, as that of God, as an angel of the Lord in their sight. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn. 11 In that day there shall be a great lamentation in Jerusalem like the lamentation of Adadremmon in the plain of Mageddon. 12 And the land shall mourn: families and families apart: the families of the house of David apart, and their women apart: 13 The families of the house of Nathan apart, and their women apart: the families of the house of Levi apart, and their women apart: the families of Semei apart, and their women apart. 14 All the rest of the families, families and families apart, and their women apart.
Zechariah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Zechariah 12 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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- 1 Isaiah 42:5; Jeremiah 51:15; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 102:25–26; Hebrews 12:9
- 2 Zechariah 14:14; Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:22–23; Isaiah 51:17; Jeremiah 51:57
- 3 Matthew 21:44; Zechariah 14:2–4; Daniel 2:34–35; Luke 20:18; Isaiah 66:14–16
- 4 Deuteronomy 28:28; Zechariah 12:3; Acts 17:30; Zechariah 12:6; Isaiah 37:17
- 5 Joel 3:16; Psalm 18:32; Zechariah 10:12; Psalm 18:39; Psalm 144:1
- 6 Obadiah 18; Zechariah 2:4; Psalm 149:6–9; Daniel 2:44–45; Micah 5:5–8
- 7 Jeremiah 30:18; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 55:12; Romans 3:27; Amos 9:11
- 8 Micah 5:2–4; Zechariah 9:8; Joel 3:16–17; Micah 7:8; Micah 7:16
- 9 Isaiah 54:17; Zechariah 14:2–3; Haggai 2:22; Zechariah 12:2
- 10 Revelation 1:7; Ezekiel 39:29; John 19:34–37; Joel 2:28–29; Jeremiah 6:26
- 11 2 Chronicles 35:24; 2 Kings 23:29
- 12 Revelation 1:7; 1 Corinthians 7:5; Luke 3:31; Matthew 24:30; Zechariah 7:3
- 13 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Kings 1:8; 2 Samuel 16:5; 1 Chronicles 4:27; 2 Chronicles 29:14
- 14 Proverbs 9:12
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… of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and mercy; and they shall look upon me because they have insulted me, and they shall mourn for Him as for one very dear, and shall be in bitterness as for an only-begotten." To whom but to God does it belong to destroy all the nations that are …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For concerning our soul the Scripture says, His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth: and of the same soul it says again, Which formeth the spirit of man within him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)