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And the Lord shall save and give victory to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be magnified and exalted above Judah.

In that day will the Lord guard and defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he who is [spiritually] feeble and stumbles among them in that day [of persecution] shall become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David [shall maintain its supremacy] like God, like the [a]Angel of the Lord Who is before them.

And it shall be in that day that I will make it My aim to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:8 See footnote on Zech. 1:11. See also Exod. 14:19; 23:20; 32:34; 33:2, 14-15, 22; Hos. 12:3-4.

“The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(A) On that day the Lord will shield(B) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest(C) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,(D) like the angel of the Lord going before(E) them. On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations(F) that attack Jerusalem.(G)

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