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.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... The Jews that belong to the family of Christ, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, the church of the firstborn, whose…
Barnes' Notes
And I will pour - As He promised by Joel, “I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh” (Joe 2:28. See vol. i. pp. 193, 194), largely, abundantly, “upon the house of David and the inhabitants of…
Adam Clarke
I will pour upon the house of David - This is the way in which the Jews themselves shall be brought into the Christian Church.
1. "They shall have the spirit of grace," God will show them that he yet…
The day here spoken of is the day of Jerusalem's defence and deliverance, that glorious day when God will appear for the salvation of his people, which, if it do refer to the successes which the Jews…
The penitent Sorrow of the People for Sin
The conversion (Zec 12:10-14) and moral reformation (Zec 13:1-6) of the people shall accompany their deliverance from their enemies (Zec 12:1-9). On the…
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