Zechariah 12:10

New Century Version

“I will pour out on David’s family and the people in Jerusalem a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look at me, the one they have stabbed, and they will cry like someone crying over the death of an only child. They will be as sad as someone who has lost a firstborn son.

Cross References

Genesis 45:1

Joseph could not control himself in front of his servants any longer, so he cried out, “Have everyone leave me.” When only the brothers were left with Joseph, he told them who he was.

Genesis 45:2

Joseph cried so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and the people in the king’s palace heard about it.

Psalm 51:12

Give me back the joy of your salvation. Keep me strong by giving me a willing spirit.

Proverbs 1:23

If only you had listened when I corrected you, I would have told you what’s in my heart; I would have told you what I am thinking.

Proverbs 4:3

When I was a young boy in my father’s house and like an only child to my mother,

Isaiah 32:15

This will continue until God pours his Spirit from above upon us. Then the desert will be like a fertile field and the fertile field like a forest.

Isaiah 45:22

“All people everywhere, follow me and be saved. I am God. There is no other God.

Jeremiah 31:19

Lord, after I wandered away from you, I changed my heart and life. After I understood, I beat my breast with sorrow. I was ashamed and disgraced, because I suffered for the foolish things I did when I was young.’

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Jeremiah 50:4

The Lord says, “At that time the people of Israel and Judah will come together. They will cry and look for the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on rough cloth and roll in the ashes to show how sad you are. Cry loudly for those who are dead, as if your only son were dead, because the destroyer will soon come against us.

Ezekiel 20:43

There you will remember everything you did that made you unclean, and then you will hate yourselves for all the evil things you have done.

Ezekiel 37:14

And I will put my Spirit inside you, and you will come to life. Then I will put you in your own land. And you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it, says the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 39:29

I will not turn away from them anymore, because I will put my Spirit into the people of Israel, says the Lord God.”

Amos 8:10

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead, and all your songs will become songs of sadness. I will make all of you wear rough cloth to show your sadness; I will make you shave your heads as well. I will make it like a time of crying for the death of an only son, and its end like the end of an awful day.”

Zechariah 13:9

The third that is left I will test with fire, purifying them like silver, testing them like gold. Then they will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Then when a snake bit anyone, that person looked at the bronze snake and lived.

Matthew 24:30

“At that time, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the peoples of the world will cry. They will see the Son of Man coming on clouds in the sky with great power and glory.

Matthew 26:75

And Peter remembered what Jesus had told him: “Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter went outside and cried painfully.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 10:45

The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been given even to the nations.

Acts 11:15

When I began my speech, the Holy Spirit came on them just as he came on us at the beginning.

Acts 2:17

‘God says: In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 2:33

Jesus was lifted up to heaven and is now at God’s right side. The Father has given the Holy Spirit to Jesus as he promised. So Jesus has poured out that Spirit, and this is what you now see and hear.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they felt guilty and asked Peter and the other apostles, “What shall we do?”

Romans 8:15

The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.”

Romans 8:26

Also, the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us, even begs God for us with deep feelings that words cannot explain.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. Always pray for all God’s people.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Jude 1:20

But dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 1:7

Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds, and everyone will see him, even those who stabbed him. And all peoples of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen.

1 Samuel 7:2

The Ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim a long time—twenty years in all. And the people of Israel began to follow the Lord again.