Zechariah 12:7
Common English Bible
7 The Lord will first deliver the tents of Judah so that the splendor of David’s house
and the splendor of Jerusalem’s inhabitants won’t overshadow Judah.
Zechariah 12:8
Common English Bible
8 On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Anyone among them who stumbles on that day will become like David,
and David’s house will become like God,
like the Lord’s messenger in front of them.
Zechariah 12:10
Common English Bible
10 but I will pour out a spirit of grace and mercy on David’s house
and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
They will look to me concerning the one whom they pierced;
they will mourn over him like the mourning for an only child.
They will mourn bitterly over him like the bitter mourning over the death of[a] an oldest child.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 12:10 Heb lacks the death of.
Zechariah 12:12
Common English Bible
12 The land will mourn, each of the clans by itself:
the clan of David’s house by themselves, and their women by themselves;
the clan of Nathan’s house by themselves, and their women by themselves;
Zechariah 13:1
Common English Bible
13 On that day, a fountain will open
to cleanse[a] the sin and impurity of David’s house and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 13:1 Heb lacks to cleanse.
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