Zechariah 12:2 (YLT)

Passage

Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.

Zechariah 12:2 Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.

Zechariah 12:3 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.

Zechariah 12:4 In that day--an affirmation of Jehovah, I do smite every horse with astonishment, And its rider with madness, And on the house of Judah I open My eyes, And every horse of the peoples I smite with blindness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "making", "jerusalem", "reeling", "peoples", "round", "against", "judah", and "siege". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "making" and "jerusalem", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "The burden of a word of Jehovah..." into verse 3's "And it hath come to pass in...", so "making" and "jerusalem" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "making" and "jerusalem" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.