Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of pity and compassion. They will look on him whom they have pierced and they will lament for him as one laments for an only son. They will bitterly grieve for him as one grieves for the firstborn.

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And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

In Context

9And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations who have come up against Jerusalem.

11In that day mourning will be as great in Jerusalem as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians and Pharaoh’s court heard.

Psalms 51:12Give me back the joy of your help, with a willing spirit sustain me.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 12:10-14

Promises to Judah; Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 500.) 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 11 In that day shall… Read the whole commentary →

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