Zechariah 12:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹“‘At that time,^[a] I will search out and destroy all of the nations who have come against Jerusalem. ¹⁰I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and of supplications, and they will look to me—the one whom they pierced.’”^[b]

Mourning in Jerusalem

Then they will mourn for him, as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him, as for a firstborn son. ¹¹At that time,^[c] Jerusalem will mourn deeply, like the mourning about Hadad-rimmon^[d] that took place in the plain of Megiddo.

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Footnotes

Zechariah 12:9 Lit. day
Zechariah 12:10 The quotation possibly continues through 13:1
Zechariah 12:11 Lit. day
Zechariah 12:11 Cf. 2Chr 35:20-25

Zechariah 12:9-11

New International Version

⁹On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations^(A) that attack Jerusalem.^(B)

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a]^(C) of grace and supplication.^(D) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(E) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(F) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(G) ¹¹On that day the weeping^(H) in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.^(I)