Zechariah 12:10-13:6

Christian Standard Bible

Mourning for the Pierced One

¹⁰ “Then I will pour out a spirit^[a](A) of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at^[b] me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.^{(B) 11} On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. ¹² The land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan’s^[c](C) house by itself and their women by themselves; ¹³ the family of Levi’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei^[d](D) by itself and their women by themselves; ¹⁴ all the remaining families, every family by itself, and their women by themselves.

God’s People Cleansed

13 “On that day a fountain^(E) will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.^{(F) 2} On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered.^(G) I will banish the prophets^[e] and the unclean spirit from the land. ³ If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.’ When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.^{(H) 4} On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak^(I) in order to deceive. ⁵ He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased^[f] me as a servant since my youth.’^{(J) 6} If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds^(K) on your chest?’^[g]—then he will answer, ‘I received the wounds in the house of my friends.’