RobH_en_tn/zec/12/06.md

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This verse continues telling about the coming attack against Jerusalem and how God will rescue the city.

On that day

The time when Jerusalem is attacked and God defeats her enemies.

firepots

Clay pots in which ancient people often carried burning coals.

flaming torch

A wooden stick that is burning at one end in order to give light as one travels or to carry fire somewhere.

among wood...standing grain

Stacked firewood...unharvested stalks of grain standing in a field. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

will consume all the surrounding peoples

AT: "will destroy the surrounding peoples" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Jerusalem will again live in her own place

The people of Jerusalem will again live in their own city. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification).