1-2. War Bulletin:God’s Message concerning Israel, God’s Decree—the very God who threw the skies into space, set earth on a firm foundation, and breathed his own life into men and women: “Watch for this: I’m about to turn Jerusalem into a cup of strong drink that will have the people who have set siege to Judah and Jerusalem staggering in a drunken stupor.
10-14. “Next I’ll deal with the family of David and those who live in Jerusalem. I’ll pour a spirit of grace and prayer over them. They’ll then be able to recognize me as the One they so grievously wounded—that piercing spear-thrust! And they’ll weep—oh, how they’ll weep! Deep mourning as of a parent grieving the loss of the firstborn child. The lamentation in Jerusalem that day will be massive, as famous as the lamentation over Hadad-Rimmon on the fields of Megiddo:Everyone will weep and grieve,the land and everyone in it:The family of David off by itselfand their women off by themselves;The family of Nathan off by itselfand their women off by themselves;The family of Levi off by itselfand their women off by themselves;The family of Shimei off by itselfand their women off by themselves;And all the rest of the families off by themselvesand their women off by themselves.”