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On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthe lamentהַמִּסְפֵּדin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַםwill be great,יִגְדַּלlike the lamentכְּמִסְפַּדof Hadad-rimmonהֲדַדְ רִמּוֹןin the plainבְּבִקְעַתof Megiddo.מְגִדּוֹן
Zechariah 12:11
Study it in the app“On that day the lament in Jerusalem will be great, like the lament of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 12:11, word by word
- On that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the lamentמִּסְפֵּדmisped
lamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “misped” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- will be greatיִגְדַּלyigdal
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdal” appears- of Hadad-rimmonהֲדַדְhadad
Hadad-rimmon
Hadad-rimmon, a place, probably near Megiddo; it appears only in Zechariah 12:11, where the mourning there serves as a comparison for the great mourning of Jerusalem.
Where else “hadad” appears- in the plainבִקְעַתvikat
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “vikat” appears- of Megiddoמְגִדּוֹןmegidon
Megiddo
See it on the mapWhere else “megidon” appears
Translation note
Hadad-rimmon may be a place near Megiddo; in the plain of Megiddo King Josiah died, and he was greatly mourned (2 Chronicles 35:22-25).
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Megiddo
Today: Tel Megiddo ruins, Israel
A city guarding an important pass into the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
Canaanite kings fought Israel there (Judg 5:19). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15), and King Josiah died there (2 Kgs 23:29).
The context
10And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitant of Jerusalem a spirit of favor and of supplications; and they will look to me, whom they have pierced; and they will lament over him like the lament over the only one, and grieve bitterly over him as one grieves bitterly over the firstborn.
11 · This verse (above)
12And the land will lament, family by 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;