Zechariah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Zechariah 12 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Λῆμμα λόγου Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ· λέγει Κύριος, ἐκτείνων οὐρανὸν, καὶ θεμελιῶν γῆν, καὶ πλάσσων πνεῦμα ἀνθρώπου ἐν αὐτῷ,
1 A revelation of Yahweh’s word concerning Israel: Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
2 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὡς πρόθυρα σαλευόμενα πᾶσι τοῖς λαοῖς κύκλῳ, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἔσται περιοχὴ ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
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.
3 Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ θήσομαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ λίθον καταπατούμενον πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι· πᾶς ὁ καταπατῶν αὐτὴν ἐμπαίζων ἐμπαίξεται, καὶ ἐπισυναχθήσονται ἐπʼ αὐτὴν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς.
3 It 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.
4 Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, πατάξω πάντα ἵππον ἐν ἐκστάσει, καὶ τὸν ἀναβάτην αὐτοῦ ἐν παραφρονήσει, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν οἶκον Ἰούδα διανοίξω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἵππους τῶν λαῶν πατάξω ἐν ἀποτυφλώσει.
4 In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
5 Καὶ ἐροῦσιν οἱ χιλίαρχοι Ἰούδα ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, εὑρήσομεν ἑαυτοῖς τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν Κυρίῳ παντοκράτορι Θεῷ αὐτῶν.
5 The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’
6 Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ θήσομαι τοὺς χιλιάρχους Ἰούδα ὡς δαλὸν πυρὸς ἐν ξύλοις, καὶ ὡς λαμπάδα πυρὸς ἐν καλάμῃ, καὶ καταφάγονται ἐκ δεξιῶν, καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων πάντας τοὺς λαοὺς κυκλόθεν, καὶ κατοικήσει Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔτι καθʼ ἑαυτὴν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
6 In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves. 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.
7 Καὶ σώσει Κύριος τὰ σκηνώματα Ἰούδα, καθὼς ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ὅπως μὴ μεγαλύνηται καύχημα οἴκου Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἔπαρσις τῶν κατοικούντων Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰούδα.
7 Yahweh 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.
8 Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ὑπερασπιεῖ Κύριος ὑπὲρ τῶν κατοικούντων Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἔσται ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὡς Δαυὶδ, ὁ δὲ οἶκος Δαυὶδ ὡς οἶκος Θεοῦ, ὡς ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν.
8 In 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.
9 Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ζητήσω ἐξᾷραι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
9 It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 Καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἱερουσαλὴμ πνεῦμα χάριτος καὶ οἰκτιρμοῦ· καὶ ἐπιβλέψονται πρὸς μὲ, ἀνθʼ ὧν κατωρχήσαντο· καὶ κόψονται ἐπʼ αὐτὸν κοπετὸν, ὡς ἐπʼ ἀγαπητῷ, καὶ ὀδυνηθήσονται ὀδύνην, ὡς ἐπὶ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ.
10 I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.
11 Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ μεγαλυνθήσεται ὁ κοπετὸς ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ὡς κοπετὸς ῥοῶνος ἐν πεδίῳ ἐκκοπτομένου.
11 In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
12 Καὶ κόψεται ἡ γῆ κατὰ φυλὰς φυλάς· φυλὴ οἴκου Δαυὶδ καθʼ ἑαυτὴν, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καθʼ ἑαυτάς· φυλὴ οἴκου Νάθαν καθʼ ἑαυτὴν, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καθʼ ἑαυτάς·
12 The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of David’s house apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 φυλὴ οἴκου Λευὶ καθʼ ἑαυτὴν, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καθʼ ἑαυτάς· φυλὴ τοῦ Συμεὼν καθʼ ἑαυτὴν, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καθʼ ἑαυτάς.
13 the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
14 Πᾶσαι αἱ ὑπολελειμμέναι φυλαὶ, φυλὴ καθʼ ἑαυτὴν, καὶ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καθʼ ἑαυτάς.
14 all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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)