Ob and In:
1. The future of Israel:
a. all the nations that come against Jerusalem will be destroyed v.9
b. Messiah will pour out a spirit over them and they will lament for Him, the One they had pierced. v.10-14
i. The lament for Him will be like...v.10
ii. The lamentation will be great v.11
iii. All will lament, each separately with their wives v.12-14
c. There will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty and the people to cleanse their sin and impurity 13:1
2. Repeated words: lament, bitter cry, like the bitter cry for firstborn, the land will mourn, each clan by itself...all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives
(BKC) The loss of an only child or of a firstborn son was aggravated by the felt curse associated with childlessness and the lack of an heir to continue the family name and property. 12:11. The future mourning of Israel over her Messiah is likened, in the second place (cf. v. 10), to the weeping on the day when godly King Josiah, the last hope of the fading Judean nation, was slain by Pharaoh Neco II, at Hadad Rimmon, traditionally identified as a village near Jezreel, in the plain of Megiddo (cf. 2 Chron. 35:20–27).
(BKC) The phrase each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves seems to indicate the individuality and thus the sincerity of the mourning rather than a mere outward conformity.
Summary and reflection: When God saved Jerusalem from the attack of the nations He also gave them the spirit. Through this spirit they realized what they had done to Jesus. Their hope of Messiah was slain by their own hands. Their mourning was sincere and shared by everyone. What a difference this is than what they had done in history and how they react to Jesus nowadays. The End Time is a time for restoration of the nation Israel, but it is also a time for spiritual awakening.
How about me? Do I have this spiritual awakening? Do I realize what sins I had done was utterly wrong? Do I have that sincerity in my heart?
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