Zechariah 12

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Zechariah 12:5

1 tn Heb “O house of Israel” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NLT “all of Israel’s leaders.”

2 tn Heb “Use the ear”; ASV “give ear.”

3 tn Heb “O house of the king” (so KJV); NIV “O royal house.”

4 tn Heb “for the judgment is to you”; or “For this accusation is against you.” Cf. NIV “This judgment is against you.”

5 sn The noun פַּח (pakh, “trap”) is used (1) literally of a bird-trap, used in similes and metaphors (Amos 3:5; Proverbs 7:23; Ecclesiastes 9:12), and (2) figuratively to refer to (a) calamities and plots (Job 18:9; 22:10; Psalms 91:3; 119:110; 124:7; 140:6; 141:9; 142:4; Proverbs 22:5; Isaiah 24:17-18; Jeremiah 18:22; 48:43-44; Hosea 9:8) and (b) a source of calamity (Joshua 23:13; Psalms 11:6; 69:23; Isaiah 8:14; Hosea 5:1; BDB 809 s.v. פַּח).

6 tn Heb “you were a trap to Mizpah.”

7 sn The noun רֶשֶׁת (reshet, “net”) is used (1) literally of a net used to catch birds (Proverbs 1:17) and (2) in figurative descriptions of the wicked plotting to ensnare their victims (Proverbs 29:5; Psalms 9:16; 10:9; 25:15; 31:5; 35:7; 57:7; 140:6; Job 18:8; BDB 440 s.v. רֶשֶׁת).

8 tn Heb “and a net spread out over Tabor.”

Zechariah 12:6

9 tc The MT reads וְשַׁחֲטָה שֵׂטִים הֶעְמִיקוּ (vÿshakhatah setim he’miqu): “and rebels have made deep the slaughter.” The BHS editors propose ושַׁחַת הַשִּׁטִּים הֶעְמִיקוּ (vÿshakhat hashittim he’miqu): “they have made the pit of Shittim [place of idolatry] deep” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT; see BDB 1006 s.v. שַׁחֲטָּה). This involves: (1) phonological confusion between the similar sounding consonants ת (tav) and ט (tet), (2) redivision of words to take ה (hey) as the article with הַשִּׁטִּים rather than feminine noun ending of וְשַׁחֲטָה, and (3) revocalization of הַשִּׁטִּים with the two daghesh fortes. Retaining the reading of the MT is preferable here.

tn Heb “and those who revolt have gone deep into slaughter” (similar KJV, NIV); NASB “deep in depravity.”

10 tn Heb “but I am discipline to all of them”; ASV “but I am a rebuker of them all.”

Zechariah 12:7

11 tn The phrase “all too well” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.

12 tn The phrase “the evil of” does not appear in the Hebrew text here, but is implied by the metonymical (cause-effect) use of the term “Israel.” It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Cf. NCV “what they have done is not hidden from me.”

13 tn Or “Israel has become corrupt”; NCV “has made itself unclean”; TEV “are unfit to worship me.”

Zechariah 12:8

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Zechariah 12:9

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Zechariah 12:10

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Zechariah 12:11

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Zechariah 12:12

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Zechariah 12:13

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