Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Note Or the Spirit
Note Or to Me
Note Cited in John 19:37
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.
Note After “me”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I will pour
- Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3, 4; Isaiah 59:19–21; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:17, 33; Acts 10:45; Acts 11:15; Titus 3:5, 6
- the house
- Zechariah 12:7
- the spirit
- Psalm 51:12
- of supplications
- Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 50:4; Romans 8:15, 26; Ephesians 6:18; Jude 1:20
- they shall look
- That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, and to his being pierced by the soldier's spear, we have the authority of the inspired apostle John for affirming; and this application agrees with the opinion of some of the ancient Jews, who interpret it of Messiah the son of David, as Moses Hadarson, on Ge ch. 28, though Jarchi and Abarbanel refer it to the death of Messiah the son of Joseph, whom they say was to be the suffering Messiah, while the former is to be the triumphant Messiah.
- Psalm 22:16, 17; John 1:29; John 19:34–37; Hebrews 12:2; Revelation 1:7
- they shall mourn
- Jeremiah 6:26; Amos 8:10; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 26:75; Acts 2:37; 2 Corinthians 7:9–11