8 In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shallbe like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them.
9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to adestroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Mourning for the Pierced One
10a“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will blook on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him cas one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
11 In that day there shall be a great amourning in Jerusalem, blike the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
12aAnd the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of bNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;
14 all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
At His crucifixion, Christ's head was pierced with thorns and His side by a spear, making the Messiah the true "Pierced One." Hidden in the Hebrew, after "They shall look upon Me," stand two untranslatable letters, Aleph and Tav—the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, equivalent to Alpha and Omega. When the Messiah returns, He uses reassembled Israel to display His dominion, beginning with the house of David and Judah coming to terms with what they had done in serious repentance. Jerusalem was the site of the Messiah's death; only when God intervenes will Judah mourn the One they pierced. This heartfelt repentance across every social stratum reveals the depth of feeling God expects, since mourning motivates godly change.
Zechariah 12:10-14
This prophecy affords us insight into the painfully heartfelt repentance of an entire nation across every social strata. This ought to give us a clear picture of the depth of feeling God expects when we recognize what our sins have produced. It is very evident that mourning accompanies and motivates the kind of change that God approves. It is no wonder, then, that Jesus says that mourners are blessed (Matthew 5:4).
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At His crucifixion, Christ's head was pierced with thorns and His side by a spear, making the Messiah the true "Pierced One." Hidden in the Hebrew, after "They shall look upon Me," stand two untranslatable letters, Aleph and Tav—the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, equivalent to Alpha and Omega. When the Messiah returns, He uses reassembled Israel to display His dominion, beginning with the house of David and Judah coming to terms with what they had done in serious repentance. Jerusalem was the site of the Messiah's death; only when God intervenes will Judah mourn the One they pierced. This heartfelt repentance across every social stratum reveals the depth of feeling God expects, since mourning motivates godly change.