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Thursday, June 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Contemporary English Version

Zechariah 12:9

I am determined to wipe out every nation that attacks Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jesus, the Christ;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   The Topic Concordance - Destruction;   Enemies;   Holy Spirit;   Israel/jews;   Nations;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   King, Christ as;   Holman Bible Dictionary - David;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Burden;   Micah, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Pre-Eminence ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Messi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Burden;   Zechariah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Yerushalayim.
King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe in that day, that I will seeke to destroy all the nations that come against Ierusalem.
King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
"And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
New Century Version
At that time I will go to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
"And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in that day will I seeke to destroy all the nations that come against Ierusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
"When that day comes, I will seek to destroy all nations attacking Yerushalayim;
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "At that time I will destroy the nations that came to fight against Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
At that time I will destroy every nation that tries to attack Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
And then on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations coming against Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And it shall be in that day, I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And it will come about on that day that I will take in hand the destruction of all the nations who come against Jerusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
At the same tyme wyll I go about to destroy all such people as come against Hierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
World English Bible
It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it schal be, in that dai Y schal seke for to al to-breke alle folkis that comen ayens Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
New English Translation
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
New King James Version
It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
For on that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
On that day I will destroy every nation that comes against Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, in that day, - That I will seek to destroy all the nations, that come against Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At the same tyme will I go aboute to destroye all soch people as come agaynst Ierusalem.
THE MESSAGE
"On the Big Day, I'll make a clean sweep of all the godless nations that fought against Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

9 I am determined to wipe out every nation that attacks Jerusalem. 10 I, the Lord , will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their first-born. 11 On that day the people of Jerusalem will mourn as much as everyone did for Hadad Rimmon on the flatlands near Megiddo. 12 Everyone of each family in the land will mourn, and the men will mourn separately from the women. This includes those from the family of David, and the families of Nathan, 13 Levi, Shimei, 14 and all other families as well.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Zechariah 12:2, Isaiah 54:17, Haggai 2:22

Reciprocal: Isaiah 54:15 - shall fall Micah 7:16 - nations Zechariah 12:3 - in that Zechariah 12:4 - that day Zechariah 14:3 - General Zechariah 14:12 - the plague wherewith

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."
Genesis 12:14
As soon as Abram and Sarai arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians noticed how beautiful she was.
Genesis 13:1
Abram and Sarai took everything they owned and went to the Southern Desert. Lot went with them.
Genesis 13:3
Abram moved from place to place in the Southern Desert. And finally, he went north and set up his tents between Bethel and Ai,
Genesis 24:62
At that time Isaac was living in the southern part of Canaan near a place called "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."
Psalms 105:13
We wandered from nation to nation, from one country to another.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day,.... So often mentioned in this chapter; by which is meant the latter part of the Gospel dispensation, the spiritual reign of Christ:

[that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem; and shall destroy them. The whole of this paragraph seems to refer to the same as in Ezekiel 38:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In that day, I will seek to destroy - Woe indeed to those, whom Almighty God shall “‘seek’ to destroy!” Man may seek earnestly to do, what at last he cannot do. Still it is an earnest seeking. And whether it is used of human seeking which fails, or which succeeds 1 Samuel 14:4; 1 Samuel 23:10; Ecclesiastes 12:10, inchoate or permitted 1 Kings 11:22; Zechariah 6:7, it is always used of seeking to do, what it is a person’s set purpose to do if he can. Here it is spoken of Almighty God . Ribera: “He saith not, ‘I will destroy’ but ‘I will seek to destroy,’ that is, it shall ever be My care to destroy all the enemies of the Church, that they may in no way prevail against it: this I will do alway to the end of the world.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 12:9. I will seek to destroy all the nations — When this time shall arrive, all nations that "will not receive the faith of our Lord Jesus" shall be destroyed, when the longsuffering of God shall no longer wait upon them. This seems to belong to a period yet very remote.


 
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