1 Godspraak. Die woord van die HERE oor Israel. Die HERE spreek, wat die hemele uitsprei en die aarde grondves en die gees van die mens in sy binneste formeer:

2 Kyk, Ek maak Jerusalem vir al die volke rondom tot 'n beker van bedwelming, en ook teen Juda sal dit wees tydens die beleëring teen Jerusalem.

3 En in die dag maak Ek Jerusalem tot 'n baie swaar klip vir al die volke: elkeen wat dit optel, sal hom daarmee sekerlik seer maak; en al die nasies van die aarde sal daarteen vergader word.

4 In die dag, spreek die HERE, sal Ek al die perde met verwarring slaan en hulle ruiters met waansin; maar oor die huis van Juda sal Ek my oë oophou, terwyl Ek al die perde van die volke met blindheid slaan.

5 Dan sal die stamhoofde van Juda in hulle hart sê: Die inwoners van Jerusalem is vir my 'n sterkte deur die HERE van die leërskare, hulle God.

6 In die dag sal Ek die stamhoofde van Juda maak soos 'n pan met vuur onder 'n hoop hout en soos 'n brandende fakkel onder gerwe -- hulle sal regs en links al die volke rondom verteer; maar Jerusalem sal nog bewoond wees op sy plek in Jerusalem.

7 En die HERE sal eers die tente van Juda verlos, sodat die roem van die huis van Dawid en die roem van die inwoners van Jerusalem die van Juda nie sal oortref nie.

8 In die dag sal die HERE die inwoners van Jerusalem rondom beskut, en die struikelende onder hulle sal in die dag wees soos Dawid, en die huis van Dawid soos 'n hemelse wese, soos die Engel van die HERE voor hulle uit.

9 Ook sal Ek in die dag daarna soek om al die nasies wat teen Jerusalem aankom, te verdelg.

10 Maar oor die huis van Dawid en oor die inwoners van Jerusalem sal Ek uitgiet die Gees van genade en smekinge; en hulle sal opsien na My vir wie hulle deurboor het, en hulle sal oor Hom rouklaag soos 'n mens rouklaag oor 'n enigste seun en bitterlik oor Hom ween soos 'n mens bitterlik ween oor 'n eersgebore kind.

11 In die dag sal die rouklag groot wees in Jerusalem, soos die rouklag van Hadad-Rimmon in die laagte van Megiddo.

12 En die land sal rouklaag by geslagte, elke geslag afsonderlik; die geslag van die huis van Dawid afsonderlik, en hulle vroue afsonderlik; die geslag van die huis van Natan afsonderlik, en hulle vroue afsonderlik;

13 die geslag van die huis van Levi afsonderlik, en hulle vroue afsonderlik; die geslag van S¡me‹afsonderlik, en hulle vroue afsonderlik.

14 Al die ander geslagte -- elke geslag afsonderlik, en hulle vroue afsonderlik.

1 The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:

2 See, I will make Jerusalem a cup of shaking fear to all the peoples round about, when Jerusalem is shut in.

3 And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of great weight for all the peoples; all those who take it up will be badly wounded; and all the nations of the earth will come together against it.

4 In that day, says the Lord, I will put fear into every horse and make every horseman go off his head: and my eyes will be open on the people of Judah, and I will make every horse of the peoples blind.

5 And the families of Judah will say in their hearts, The people of Jerusalem have their strength in the Lord of armies, their God.

6 In that day I will make the families of Judah like a pot with fire in it among trees, and like a flaming stick among cut grain; they will send destruction on all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem will be living again in the place which is hers, that is, in Jerusalem.

7 And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the family of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

8 In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

9 And it will come about on that day that I will take in hand the destruction of all the nations who come against Jerusalem.

10 And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.

11 In that day there will be a great weeping in Jerusalem, like the weeping of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12 And the land will give itself to weeping, every family separately; the family of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

13 The family of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

14 And all the other families by themselves, and their wives by themselves.