Zechariah 12:8-10

Amplified Bible

⁸In that day the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem, and the one who is impaired among them in that day [of persecution] will become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David ^[a]will be like God, like the ^[b]Angel of the Lord [who is] before them. ⁹And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

¹⁰“I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace (unmerited favor) and supplication. And they will look at Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him as one who weeps bitterly over a firstborn.^(A)

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Footnotes

Zechariah 12:8 I.e. maintain its supremacy.
Zechariah 12:8 See Ex 14:19; 23:20; 32:34; 33:2, 14, 15, 22; Hos 12:3, 4.

Zechariah 12:8-10

New International Version

⁸On that day the Lord will shield^(A) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest^(B) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,^(C) like the angel of the Lord going before^(D) them. ⁹On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations^(E) that attack Jerusalem.^(F)

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]^(G) of grace and supplication.^(H) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(I) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(J) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(K)