In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed--on the right and on the left--all the peoples round about, And Jerusalem hath inhabited again her place in Jerusalem.
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.
Zechariah 12:5 And leaders of Judah have said in their heart, `Strength to me <FI>are<Fi> the inhabitants of Jerusalem, In Jehovah of Hosts their God.'
Zechariah 12:6 In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed--on the right and on the left--all the peoples round about, And Jerusalem hath inhabited again her place in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:7 And saved hath Jehovah the tents of Judah first, So that become not great against Judah Doth the beauty of the house of David, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:8 In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God--As a messenger of Jehovah--before them.
The verse centers on "make", "leaders", "judah", "hearth", "fire", "trees", and "torch". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "leaders", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And leaders of Judah have said in..." into verse 7's "And saved hath Jehovah the tents of...", so "make" and "leaders" 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 "make" and "leaders" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.