Zakharia 12:3

12:3 Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden ¹  for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured; ²  yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.

Zakharia 12:7

12:7 The Lord also will deliver the homes ³  of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship ⁴  of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.

[12:3]  ¹ tn Heb “heavy stone” (so NRSV, TEV, NLT); KJV “burdensome stone”; NIV “an immovable rock.”

[12:3]  ² sn In Israel’s and Judah’s past they had been uprooted by various conquerors such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. In the eschaton, however, they will be so “heavy” with God’s glory and so rooted in his promises that no nation will be able to move them.

[12:7]  ³ tn Heb “the tents” (so NAB, NRSV); NIV “the dwellings.”

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression is translated “dynasty” in the following verse.