Zechariah 12:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling for all the people around about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations. Even Judah will be besieged as Jerusalem is attacked.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    behold, I will make{H7760} Jerusalem{H3389} a cup{H5592} of reeling{H7478} unto all the peoples{H5971} round about,{H5439} and upon Judah{H3063} also shall it be in the siege{H4692} against Jerusalem.{H3389}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Behold, I will make{H7760}{(H8802)} Jerusalem{H3389} a cup{H5592} of trembling{H7478} unto all the people{H5971} round about{H5439}, when they shall be in the siege{H4692} both against Judah{H3063} and against Jerusalem{H3389}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet, vnto all the people yt are rounde aboute her: Yee Iuda himself also shalbe in the sege agaynst Ierusalem.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of poyson vnto all the people round about: and also with Iudah will he be, in ye siege against Ierusalem.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Beholde, I wyll make Hierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde about her: yea Iuda him selfe also shalbe in the siege against Hierusalem.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that brings dizziness to all the surrounding nations; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged.

Referenced Verses

  • Zech 14:14 : 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations around shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
  • Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, and he pours out the same; but the dregs of it, all the wicked of the earth shall drain and drink.
  • Isa 51:22-23 : 22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, 'Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you; who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may go over:' and you have laid your body like the ground, and like the street, for those who went over.'
  • Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
  • Rev 14:10 : 10 He shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
  • Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Repay her even as she repaid you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  • Jer 25:15 : 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
  • Jer 25:17 : 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:
  • Jer 49:12 : 12 For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk; and are you the one who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
  • Jer 51:7 : 7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunk; the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make her princes, wise men, captains, rulers, and mighty men drunk, and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
  • Hab 2:16 : 16 You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 12:3
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    3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all who burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

  • Zech 12:9
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    9 And it shall happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

  • Zech 12:5-7
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    79%

    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.

    6 In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people around about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

    7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

  • Zech 14:1-2
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    1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.

    2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women violated; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

  • Jer 9:11
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    11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

  • Isa 51:17
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    17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

  • 2 Kgs 21:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

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  • Jer 19:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives: and their corpses will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

    8 And I will make this city desolate, and an object of scorn; everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

  • Zech 14:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

    13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall seize everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.

    14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations around shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

  • Jer 25:15-18
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    15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

    16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

    17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:

    18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

  • Jer 13:9
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    9 Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Jer 34:22
    75%

    22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

  • Mic 3:12
    75%

    12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • Jer 1:18
    74%

    18 For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

  • Jer 4:16
    74%

    16 Make mention to the nations; behold, proclaim against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

  • Jer 6:6
    74%

    6 For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Cut down trees, and build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited; she is full of oppression in her midst.

  • Joel 3:1
    74%

    1 For behold, in those days, and at that time, when I shall restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

  • Jer 1:15
    74%

    15 For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.

  • Mic 4:11
    74%

    11 Now also are many nations gathered against you, that say, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.'

  • Luke 21:24
    73%

    24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

  • Luke 21:20
    73%

    20 And when you shall see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

  • Jer 12:14
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    14 Thus says the LORD against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

  • Isa 51:22
    73%

    22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, 'Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:

  • Zeph 1:12
    73%

    12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled in complacency: that say in their heart, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will He do evil.'

  • Jer 13:13
    73%

    13 Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  • Isa 2:1
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    1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Jer 3:17
    73%

    17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk anymore after the imagination of their evil heart.

  • Ezek 5:5
    73%

    5 Thus says the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    73%

    8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • Zech 14:10
    73%

    10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

  • Jer 19:12
    73%

    12 Thus will I do to this place, says the LORD, and to its inhabitants, and even make this city like Tophet:

  • Amos 2:5
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    5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • Isa 18:7
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    7 At that time shall the present be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people scattered and polished, and from a people feared from their beginning until now; a nation divided and trampled under foot, whose land the rivers have ravaged, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, Mount Zion.

  • Jer 25:28
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    28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink.

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    32 As yet he shall remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

  • Joel 3:16
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    16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the LORD will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel.

  • Jer 6:8
    72%

    8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.

  • Isa 8:14
    72%

    14 And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Zech 2:12
    72%

    12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

  • Isa 13:13
    72%

    13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of its place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.