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

And it shall be that in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone unto all peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, and all the Gentiles of the earth shall gather themselves together against her.

And it shall come to pass in that day that the LORD shall visit punishment upon the host of the high ones that are on high and upon the kings of the earth on the earth.

I will smite

And they shall be as mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight because the LORD shall be with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

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 were in the armies.

The LORD shall smite thee with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart.

So he sent horsemen and chariots there and a great host, who came by night and compassed the city about.

The stouthearted are spoiled; they have slept their sleep; and nothing was found in the hands of the men of might.

and I will break thee 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:

Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and strong chariots, and with all the men of war, said the Lord GOD.

I will open

And I will be the defence and firm support to my house from him that comes and goes; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more, for now I have seen with my eyes.

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 may hearken unto the prayer which thy slave shall make in this place.

that thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there, to hearken unto the prayer which thy slave prays in this place.

Now my eyes shall be open and my ears attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place;

let thine ear now be attentive and thine eyes open, that thou may hear the prayer of thy slave, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the sons of Israel, thy slaves, and I confess the sins of the sons of Israel, with which we have sinned against thee; both I and my father's house have sinned.

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent his messengers to blaspheme the living God.

For I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will return them to this land, and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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 confiding in our righteousnesses, but in thy many mercies.

For the times of this ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men everywhere to repent

General references

For the people or the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish and shall be utterly wasted.

and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariots and their riders;

Then the LORD shall go forth and fight against those Gentiles as when he fought in the day of battle.