Zechariah 12:11

"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."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 12:11-12, the prophet foresees a time when the people of Jerusalem will turn to God in repentance and supplication, recognizing Jesus as the Messiah whom they had crucified. Their intense mourning for Him will mirror the grief parents feel for their own children, symbolizing a profound spiritual awakening and acceptance of salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon -This was the greatest sorrow, which had fallen on Judah. Josiah was the last hope of its declining kingdom. His sons probably showed already their unlikeness to their father, whereby they precipitated their country’s fall. in Josiah’s death the last gleam of the sunset of Judah faded into night. Of him it is recorded, that “his pious acts, according to what was written in the law of the Lord,” were written in his country’s history2 Chronicles 35:26,2 Chronicles 35:7; for him the prophet “Jeremiah wrote a dirge”2 Chronicles 35:25; “all” the minstrels of his country “spake of him in their dirges”2 Chronicles 35:25.

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