Old Testament

Zechariah 12:10
They Will Mourn for the One They Pierced
10I[] will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace, who pleads for mercy.[] Then they will look at me, the one they have pierced.
They will mourn for him[] as one mourns for an only child. They will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves over his firstborn.

Footnotes

  • 12:10 The speaker is the coming Messiah.
  • 12:10 Or a spirit that pleads for grace and mercy
  • 12:10 Sudden, unmarked shifts from first person (look at me) to third person (mourn for him) are not unusual in prophecy. The words set off by quotation marks are the words of the Messiah. The following words are commentary spoken by the prophet.