Knowing The Word in the Minor Prophets: Him Whom They Have Pierced, Zechariah 12:10-13:1

Zechariah describes the crucifixion of Jesus, who comes from the lineage of David. John, the gospel writer, mentions an unusual flow of water from the side of Jesus, which symbolizes the cleansing of human sin, the fountain, so to speak, opened for the house of David, in Jesus’ sacrificial death.

12:10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.

13:1 “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

I adore you, O Christ, and bless you, because by your cross you have redeemed the world.