Zechariah 12:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה אַכֶּ֤ה כָל־סוּס֙ בַּתִּמָּה֔וֹן וְרֹכְב֖וֹ בַּשִּׁגָּע֑וֹן וְעַל־בֵּ֤ית יְהוּדָה֙ אֶפְקַ֣ח אֶת־עֵינַ֔י וְכֹל֙ ס֣וּס הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אַכֶּ֖ה בַּֽעִוָּרֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

In-hayyôm that nəʾum-YHWH ʾakkeh all-sûs with-timmāhôn wə-rōḵəḇô with-šiggāʿôn wə-upon-house Yəhûdāh ʾep̄qaḥ ʾet-ʿênay wə-all sûs hāʿammîm ʾakkeh with-ʿiwwārôn

Grammar Details

• *hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular - the day
• *nəʾum*: construct state, masculine singular - declaration/utterance of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾakkeh*: imperfect, 1st person singular, Hiphil - I will strike/smite
• *sûs*: masculine singular - horse
• *timmāhôn*: masculine singular - bewilderment/confusion/panic
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *rōḵəḇô*: masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its rider
• *šiggāʿôn*: masculine singular - madness
• *Yəhûdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
• *ʾep̄qaḥ*: imperfect, 1st person singular, Qal - I will open
• *ʿênay*: feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
• *hāʿammîm*: definite article + masculine plural - the peoples/nations
• *ʿiwwārôn*: masculine singular - blindness

Word Meanings

• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *ʾakkeh*: I will strike/smite/hit
• *timmāhôn*: bewilderment/confusion/panic/astonishment
• *šiggāʿôn*: madness/insanity/craziness
• *ʾep̄qaḥ*: I will open/uncover
• *ʿiwwārôn*: blindness/inability to see

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:28 : 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
• Zech 12:3 : 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.
• Zech 12:6 : 6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
• Zech 12:8-9 : 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
• Zech 12:11 : 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
• Zech 14:15 : 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
• Acts 17:30 : 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
• 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
• 2 Kgs 6:14 : 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
• 2 Kgs 6:18 : 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
• 2 Chr 6:20 : 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
• 2 Chr 6:40 : 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
• 2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
• Neh 1:6 : 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
• Ps 76:5-7 : 5 The stouthearted are spoiled{H8709)}, they have slept{H8804)} their sleep: and none of the men of might have found{H8804)} their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep{H8737)}. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared{H8737)}: and who may stand{H8799)} in thy sight when once thou art angry?
• Isa 24:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
• Isa 37:17 : 17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
• Jer 24:6 : 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
• Ezek 38:4 : 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
• Ezek 39:20 : 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
• Zech 9:8 : 8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
• Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.