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## Zechariah 12:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/zechariah/12/1) The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/zechariah/12/2) Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah *and* against Jerusalem.**
 
 [3 ](/kjv/zechariah/12/3) ¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/zechariah/12/4) In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/zechariah/12/5) And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem *shall be* my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.*
 
[Zechariah 11](/kjv/zechariah/11) [Zechariah 13](/kjv/zechariah/13)

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