Old Testament Commentary - Zechariah 12

by Don R. Hender

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CHAPTER 12 In the final great war, all nations shall be engaged at Jerusalem but the Lord shall defend his people—Then the Jews shall look upon Jesus whom they crucified, and there shall be great mourning.
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 ^aearth, and formeth the ^bspirit of man within him^a. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a ^acup of trembling unto all the ^bpeople round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.	1^a formeth the spirit of man within him This refers to when the spirit of man beginning with Adam was first placed or formed into the body of man, that body of flesh and bones into which the spirit was placed. The spirit of each of us was already in existence, we having been spirit born by God the Eternal Father of our spirits. This then references when under the direction of the Father, Jesus as the Great God Jehovah so formed man and placed the spirit of man into that body which was formed and he did breathe the breath of life in to it.	8^a TG High Priest, Melchizedek 8^a TG Jesus Christ, David Descent TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies abt 10^a Micah 4:3-4
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 ^agathered 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.		8^a TG High Priest, Melchizedek 8^a TG Jesus Christ, David Descent TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies abt 10^a Micah 4:3-4
6 ¶ In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an ^ahearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the ^bpeople round about, on the right hand and on the left: and ^cJerusalem shall be ^dinhabited 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 ^aDavid 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.		8^a TG High Priest, Melchizedek 8^a TG Jesus Christ, David Descent TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies abt 10^a Micah 4:3-4
9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to ^adestroy all the nations that come against ^bJerusalem. 10 And I will ^apour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of ^bgrace and of supplications: and they shall ^clook upon me whom they have ^dpierced, and they shall ^emourn for him, as one mourneth for his ^fonly 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 ^amourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12 And the land shall ^amourn, 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.