Zechariah 12:2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem.
The very beginning of verse 1 says: “A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel.” This is the faithful remnant of Jerusalem, and God is talking about the day He fully restores them.
Zechariah 12:3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.
How fantastic these promises must have seemed to the remnant. In an effort to get Israel to return and repent, God has used all these enemy nations to unseat her. She has been a pebble easily displaced. To know that the power and protection of God is theirs because of their faithfulness is a new experience for them.
Zechariah 12:4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.
Lord, Thank You for the ability to repent and return. Thank You that You remove our sins as far as the East is from the West. Thank You that You see past my deeply flawed nature to the beloved child that You created. Thank You that, as human as I am, I can claim with all truth and sincerity that I am Your masterpiece. Draw me closer. Amen.
Zechariah 12:5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.’
Have a blessed day.