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Zechariah 12:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Zechariah 12:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
10 They Will Cry over Him Whom They Have Pierced.[a] Further, I will pour out a spirit of grace and supplication on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that they will look on me, the one whom they have pierced, and mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will grieve over him as one grieves over a firstborn.
11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning over Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.[b]
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- Zechariah 12:10 The passage repeats thoughts expressed in the Servant Song in the Book of Isaiah (Isa 52:13—53:12): suffering rather than victory is the source of salvation, and those who were preparing the Servant’s downfall were in fact preparing the triumph of God. St. John (Jn 19:37) cites Zec 12:10 in connection with the piercing of the dead Jesus’ side with a lance.
- Zechariah 12:11 Probably a reference to the disaster that caused the death of Josiah, the reformer, near Megiddo (2 Ki 23:29). Others think the reference is to the celebration of a Canaanite rite in honor of the god Hadad-rimmon.
