Zechariah 12: The Siege and the Spirit of Supplication
Zechariah 12 articulates a future where Jerusalem becomes a 'cup of trembling' and a 'burdensome stone' to all nations that attempt to move her. It describes a supernatural intervention where the weak among the inhabitants become as strong as David. The chapter concludes with a profound spiritual awakening as God pours out the 'spirit of grace and of supplications,' causing the nation to mourn for 'him whom they have pierced.'
v1-9: The Siege of Jerusalem and the Strength of the Inhabitants
v10-14: The Pouring Out of the Spirit and the Mourning for the Pierced One
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
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.
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
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The mourning is compared to the 'mourning of Hadadrimmon,' which was a famous national lamentation for a beloved king, highlighting the depth of this future repentance. The 'Word Secret' is Daqar, meaning 'to pierce' or 'thrust through,' a specific term that points to the crucifixion. Discover the riches with zechariah 12 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.
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