2. I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that will stagger all the surrounding nations.There will be a siege against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3. On that day I will make Jerusalem into a heavy stone for all the peoples.All who carry it will hurt themselves;nevertheless, the nations of the earth will conspire against it.
4. On that day, says the Lord, I will strike every horse with confusionand its rider with madness.I will keep my eyes open for the house of Judah;I will strike blind every horse of the peoples.
5. The chieftains of Judah will say to themselves, We are strong;the inhabitants of Jerusalem will say,The Lord their God of heavenly forces is strong.
6. On that day I will place the chieftains of Judah like a pot on a wood fire and like a burning torch among the bundles of grain.They will devour all the surrounding nations to the right and the left.Jerusalem will dwell again in its place, in Jerusalem.
7. The Lord will first deliver the tents of Judah so that the splendor of David’s houseand the splendor of Jerusalem’s inhabitants won’t overshadow Judah.
8. On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Anyone among them who stumbles on that day will become like David,and David’s house will become like God,like the Lord’s messenger in front of them.