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

It will happen in that day! I will make Jerusalem a heavy weight for all the people. All who lift it will be severely injured. All the nations of the earth will gather against her.

That day Jehovah will punish the host of heaven on high and the kings of the earth below.

I will smite

They will be as mighty men treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets. They will fight in the battle! Because Jehovah is with them! The riders on horses will be confounded (confused) (bewildered).

This will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that will be in those camps, as that plague.

You will become insane and go blind. Jehovah will make you so confused,

He sent a large force there with horses and chariots. They surrounded the town at night.

The strong and valiant were plundered, they sank into sleep. None of the warriors could use his hands.

I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws. I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords.

You will be glutted at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war,' declares the Lord Jehovah.

I will open

I will encamp about my house against the army. None will pass through or return. No oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.

Watch over this Temple day and night. For this is the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.

Day and night may your eyes be on this Temple, the place where you said your name will be. Listen to me as I pray toward this place.

My eyes will be open! My ears will pay attention to the prayers offered at this place.

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open. Please give ear to the prayer of your servant. At this time, day and night I pray for the children of Israel, your servants. I put before you the sins of the children of Israel that we have done against you: truly, my father's people and I are sinners.

Give ear, O Jehovah, and hear! Open your eyes, O Jehovah, and see! Listen to all the words Sennacherib said to insult the living God.

I will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them to this land again. I will build them up and not overthrow them. I will plant them and not uproot them.

O my God, incline your ear, and hear! Open your eyes, and behold our desolations and the city that is called by your name. We do not present our supplications before you because of our righteous merits, but according to your many mercies.

God overlooked the times of ignorance; but now he commands men everywhere to repent.

General references

Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will definitely be ruined.

I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.

Then Jehovah will go forth and fight against those nations. It will be just as when he fought in the day of battle.