Zechariah 12:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

That day

Zechariah 12:3

Isaiah 24:21

I will smite

Ezekiel 39:20

I will open

General references

Isaiah 60:12

Jeremiah 51:21

Zechariah 14:3

Bible References

That day

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.

On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven above
and kings of the earth below.

I will smite

they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.

The same plague as the previous one will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals that are in those camps.

The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion,

he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, including horses and riders, who are all splendidly dressed, a huge company armed with shields and bucklers, all of them brandishing swords.

At My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and all the warriors.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

I will open

I will set up camp at My house against an army,
against those who march back and forth,
and no oppressor will march against them again,
for now I have seen with My own eyes.

so that Your eyes may watch over this temple night and day,
toward the place where You said:
My name will be there,
and so that You may hear the prayer
that Your servant prays toward this place.

so that Your eyes watch over this temple
day and night,
toward the place where You said
You would put Your name;
and so that You may hear the prayer
Your servant prays toward this place.

My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear all the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.

I will keep My eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.

Listen, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city called by Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You based on our righteous acts, but based on Your abundant compassion.

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

General references

For the nation and the kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be annihilated.

With you I will smash the horse and its rider;
with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.

Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle.