Zechariah 12:8 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Zechariah 12:9 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,

Zechariah 12:10 And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cover", "doth", "jehovah", "inhabitant", "jerusalem", "stumbling", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cover" and "doth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And saved hath Jehovah the tents of..." into verse 9's "And it hath come to pass in...", so "cover" and "doth" 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 "cover" and "doth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.