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Zechariah 12

Of the destruction and buylding again of Jerusalém.
1.aThe burden of the word of the Lord upon Israél, saith the Lord, which spread the heavens, and layed the fundacion of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him.
2.Behold, I will make Jerusalém a bcup of poyson unto all the people round about: and also with Judáh wil he be, in the siege against Jerusalém.
3.And in that day wil I make Jerusalém an heavy stone for all people: all that lift it up, shalbe torn, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4.In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with stonishment, and his rider with madness, and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judáh, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5.And the princes of Judáh shal say in their hearts, The cinhabitants of Jerusalém shalbe my strength in the Lord of hostes their God.
6.In that day wil I make the princes of Judáh like coals of fire among the wood, and like a fire brand in the sheaf, and they shal devour all the people round about on the right hand, and on the left: and Jerusalém shalbe inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalém.
7.The Lord also shal preserve the dtents of Judáh, as afore time: therefore the glorie of the house of David shal not boast, nor the glorie of the inhabitants of Jerusalém against Judáh.
8.In that day shal the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalém, and he that is feeble among them, in that day shalbe as David: and the house of David shalbe as god’s house, and as the Angel of the Lord before them.
9.And in that day wil I seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalém.
10.And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalém the Spirit of egrace and of compassion, and they shal look upon me, whom they have fpierced, and they shal lament for ghim, as one mourneth for his only son, and be sorry for him as one is sorry for his first born.
11.In that day shal there be a great mourning in Jerusalém: as the hmourning of I Hadadrimmón in the valley of Megiddón.
12.And the kland shal bewail every family a lpart, the family of the mhouse of David a part, and their wives a part: the family of the house of Nathan a part, and their wives a part:
13.The family of the house of Leví a part, and their wives a part: the family of nShemeí a part, and their wives a part:
14.All the families that oremain, every family a part, and their wives a part.

Notes

1-a.
That is, the ten tribes, which neglected God’s benefit in delivering their brethren, and had rather remain in captivity, then to return home, when God called them.
2-b.
Jerusalem shall be defended against all her enemies: so shall God defend all Judah also, and shall destroy the enemies.
5-c.
Every captain, that had many under him afore, shall now think that the small power of Jerusalem shall be sufficient to defend them against all enemies, because the Lord is among them.
7-d.
The people which are now as it were dispersed by the fields, and lie open to their enemies, shall be no less preserved by my power, then if they were under their Kings (which is meant by the house of David) or in their defensed cities.
10-e.
They shall have the feeling of my grace by faith, and know that I have compassion on them.
10-f.
That is, whom they have continually vexed with their obstinacy, and grieved my Spirit, John 19.37, where it is referred to Christ’s body, which here is referred to the Spirit of God.
10-g.
They shal turn to God by true repentance, whom before they had so grievously offended by their ingratitude.
11-h.
They shall lament and repent exceedingly for their offences against God.
11-i.
Which was the name of a town and place near to Megiddo where Josiah was slain, 2 Chron. 35.22.
12-k.
That is, in all places where the Jews shall remain.
12-l.
Signifying that this mourning or repentance should not be a vain ceremony: but every one touched with his own grief shall lament.
12-m.
Under these certain families he contains all the tribes, and shows that both the Kings and the Priests had by their sins pierced Christ.
13-n.
Called also Simeon.
14-o.
To wit, which were elect by grace, and preserved from the common destruction.