"Another thing, all the nations surround me. They are destined to bring all the Gentile nations to ascend to Jerusalem, and Israel is afraid of them. At that time, the Lord says to them, "Do not fear, you worm Jacob" (Isaiah 41:14). They surround me too, and they are destined to capture the tribe of Judah, imprison them, and consider delivering each and every one to their enemies, and they will say, "Let our brethren come and rule over us, and let not our enemies rule over us" (Zechariah 12:2-3).
But the Lord performs miracles for them and causes their enemies to fall before them, as it is said, "On that day, I will make the leaders of Judah like a fiery furnace among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, while Jerusalem itself remains intact in its place" (Zechariah 12:6). And they are like bees. Therefore, it is said in the name of the Lord, "For I will be with you like a mighty warrior" (Jeremiah 20:11).
Just as a bee brings honey to its owner, so too will the Lord gather all the nations of the world and bring them up to Jerusalem, as it is said, "Behold, the day is coming for the Lord" (Zechariah 14:1). One might think that they will be there for real. Therefore, it is said, "They will be crushed like fiery thorns" (Zechariah 12:6). It is like a king upon whom thieves have come, and he is watchful.
The king says, "If I stand over them, they will immediately say, 'What have we found in our hands from the underground hiding place?'" But I know that they will come three times. In the end, I will stand over them and kill them." This king is the Lord, and the thieves are the Gentile nations.
The underground hiding place is the city, as it is said, "I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem" (Zechariah 14:2). And it is said, "The city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half the city exiled" (Zechariah 14:2). And the Lord goes out and fights against them, as it is said, "Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations" (Zechariah 14:3). And the Lord sends a plague upon them, as it is said, "This will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations" (Zechariah 14:12).
And that is the entire passage. And they are like bees. Therefore, it is said in the name of the Lord, "For I will be with you like a mighty warrior" (Jeremiah 20:11). "You have pushed me violently to fall in my days of calamity, but the Lord..." (Lamentations 1:14).