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Zechariah 12

Zech. 12:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
shall mourn
caphad (Hebrew #5594)
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
KJV usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
Pronounce: saw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
, ζevery
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
family
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
apart
bad (Hebrew #905)
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Pronounce: bad
Origin: from 909
; the family
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
apart, and their wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
apart; the family
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Nathan
Nathan (Hebrew #5416)
given; Nathan, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Nathan.
Pronounce: naw-thawn'
Origin: from 5414
q apart, and their wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
apart;
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families, families.
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2 Sam. 5:14• 14And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, (2 Sam. 5:14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the land.
Jer. 3:21• 21A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God. (Jer. 3:21)
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Jer. 4:28• 28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom. (Jer. 4:28)
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Jer. 31:18• 18I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. (Jer. 31:18)
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Matt. 24:30• 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the land lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Matt. 24:30)
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Rev. 1:7• 7Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen. (Rev. 1:7)
every family apart.
Heb. families, families.
Ex. 12:30• 30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his bondmen, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead. (Ex. 12:30)
the family of the house of David apart.
Jer. 13:18• 18Say unto the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence. (Jer. 13:18)
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Jonah 3:5‑6• 5And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
 6And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (Jonah 3:5‑6)
and their.
Zech. 7:3• 3and to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years? (Zech. 7:3)
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Joel 2:16• 16gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet. (Joel 2:16)
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1 Cor. 7:5• 5Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency. (1 Cor. 7:5)
Nathan.
2 Sam. 5:14• 14And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, (2 Sam. 5:14)
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2 Sam. 7:2‑4• 2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwells under curtains.
 3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.
 4And it came to pass that night that the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying, (2 Sam. 7:2‑4)
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2 Sam. 12:1• 1And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. (2 Sam. 12:1)
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Luke 3:31• 31of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, (Luke 3:31)
• If a national, it is also a household, nay, an individual sorrow, a sure proof of the thoroughness of the work of penitence which will be wrought in their hearts by the Spirit of God. Every family, and every individual in the family, will own the sin of having crucified the Lord. (“Zechariah 12” by E. Dennett)
• While it is true that Christ died for the nation, and that the nation (that is the remnant that comes into that place before God) will own its sin in the rejection of the Messiah, every individual must own his sin “apart,” alone in the presence of God. (“Zechariah 12” by E. Dennett)
• {David} the kings were held responsible for the state of the nation. (“Zechariah 12” by E. Dennett)
• Nathan is named perhaps as the representative of the prophets, inasmuch as he was the prophet in the days of David. (“Zechariah 12” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;