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Zechariah 12 King James Version (with Apocrypha)

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1 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. 2 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.

3 ¶ 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. 4 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. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem [shall be] my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

6 ¶ 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. 7 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. 8 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.

9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 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. 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 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; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

Cross references (14)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Isaiah 42:5; Jeremiah 51:15; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 102:25–26; Hebrews 12:9
  2. 2 Zechariah 14:14; Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:22–23; Isaiah 51:17; Jeremiah 51:57
  3. 3 Matthew 21:44; Zechariah 14:2–4; Daniel 2:34–35; Luke 20:18; Isaiah 66:14–16
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 28:28; Zechariah 12:3; Acts 17:30; Zechariah 12:6; Isaiah 37:17
  5. 5 Joel 3:16; Psalm 18:32; Zechariah 10:12; Psalm 18:39; Psalm 144:1
  6. 6 Obadiah 18; Zechariah 2:4; Psalm 149:6–9; Daniel 2:44–45; Micah 5:5–8
  7. 7 Jeremiah 30:18; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 55:12; Romans 3:27; Amos 9:11
  8. 8 Micah 5:2–4; Zechariah 9:8; Joel 3:16–17; Micah 7:8; Micah 7:16
  9. 9 Isaiah 54:17; Zechariah 14:2–3; Haggai 2:22; Zechariah 12:2
  10. 10 Revelation 1:7; Ezekiel 39:29; John 19:34–37; Joel 2:28–29; Jeremiah 6:26
  11. 11 2 Chronicles 35:24; 2 Kings 23:29
  12. 12 Revelation 1:7; 1 Corinthians 7:5; Luke 3:31; Matthew 24:30; Zechariah 7:3
  13. 13 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Kings 1:8; 2 Samuel 16:5; 1 Chronicles 4:27; 2 Chronicles 29:14
  14. 14 Proverbs 9:12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 12:9 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 27–29)

    … of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and mercy; and they shall look upon me because they have insulted me, and they shall mourn for Him as for one very dear, and shall be in bitterness as for an only-begotten." To whom but to God does it belong to destroy all the nations that are …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 12:1 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVI)

    For concerning our soul the Scripture says, His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth: and of the same soul it says again, Which formeth the spirit of man within him.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)