⁵² Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, ^(A)“Do not weep; she is not dead, ^(B)but sleeping.”

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

²⁷ And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.

¹¹ These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus ^(A)sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

¹² Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” ¹³ However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

³⁸ Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw ^[a]a tumult and those who ^(A)wept and wailed loudly. ³⁹ When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but ^(B)sleeping.”

¹⁷ and saying:

Mourning for the Pierced One

^10 (A)“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will ^(B)look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him ^(C)as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

The People Mourn in Judgment

¹⁷ Thus says the Lord of hosts:

David’s Mourning for Absalom

³³ Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: ^(A)“O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, ^(B)my son!”