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

12 And the [c]land shall bewail every family [d]apart, the family of the [e]house of David apart, and their wives apart: the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart:

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart: the family of [f]Shemei apart, and their wives apart:

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:11 They shall lament and repent exceedingly for their offences against God.
  2. Zechariah 12:11 Which was the name of a town and place near to Megiddo where Josiah was slain, 2 Chron. 35:22.
  3. Zechariah 12:12 That is, in all places where the Jews shall remain.
  4. Zechariah 12:12 Signifying, that this mourning or repentance should not be a vain ceremony: but everyone touched with his own griefs, shall lament.
  5. 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.
  6. Zechariah 12:13 Called also Simeon.

11 On that day the weeping(A) in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.(B) 12 The land will mourn,(C) 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,

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