10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of [a]grace and of compassion, and they shall look upon me, whom they have [b]pierced, and they shall lament for [c]him, as one mourneth for his only son, and be sorry for him as one is sorry for his firstborn.

11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the [d]mourning of [e]Hadad Rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.

12 And the [f]land shall bewail every family [g]apart, the family of the [h]house of David apart, and their wives apart: the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart:

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:10 They shall have the feeling of my grace by faith, and know that I have compassion on them.
  2. Zechariah 12:10 That is, whom they have continually vexed with their obstinacy, and grieved my Spirit, John 19:37, where it is referred to Christ’s body, which here is referred to the Spirit of God.
  3. Zechariah 12:10 They shall turn to God by true repentance, whom before they had so grievously offended by their ingratitude.
  4. Zechariah 12:11 They shall lament and repent exceedingly for their offences against God.
  5. Zechariah 12:11 Which was the name of a town and place near to Megiddo where Josiah was slain, 2 Chron. 35:22.
  6. Zechariah 12:12 That is, in all places where the Jews shall remain.
  7. Zechariah 12:12 Signifying, that this mourning or repentance should not be a vain ceremony: but everyone touched with his own griefs, shall lament.
  8. Zechariah 12:12 Under these certain families he containeth all the tribes, and showeth that both the Kings and the Priests had by their sins pierced Christ.

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