Zechariah 12:3

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

Key Reflection

This verse symbolizes Jerusalem as a vessel that will cause spiritual disorientation and suffering to its enemies, while also highlighting the city's own vulnerability during sieges. The imagery suggests both divine judgment on adversaries and the impending calamity faced by Judah itself.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all nations -What is “a stone to all nations?” It is not a rock or anything in its own nature immovable, but a “stone,” a thing rolled up and down, moved, lifted, displaced, piled on others, in every way at the service and command of people, to do with it what they willed.

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