Zechariah 12:10-13:6

New International Version

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰ “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a](A) of grace and supplication.^(B) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^{(E) 11} On that day the weeping^(F) in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.^{(G) 12} The land will mourn,^(H) each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, ¹³ the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, ¹⁴ and all the rest of the clans and their wives.^(I)

Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain^(J) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse^(K) them from sin and impurity.

² “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols^(L) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”^(M) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets^(N) and the spirit of impurity from the land. ³ And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies^(O) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.^(P)

⁴ “On that day every prophet will be ashamed^(Q) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment^(R) of hair^(S) in order to deceive.^{(T) 5} Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.^[c]’^{(U) 6} If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body^[d]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’