Zechariah 12 · Verse 11

Zechariah 12:11

In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zechariah 12:11, King James Version

Zechariah 12:11 in other translations

BSBOn that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
WEBIn that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
ASVIn that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
YLTIn that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,
DARBYIn that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
BBEIn that day there will be a great weeping in Jerusalem, like the weeping of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
WebsterIn that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

What does Zechariah 12:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. As in Zec 12:10 the bitterness of their mourning is illustrated by a private case of mourning, so in this verse by a public one, the greatest recorded in Jewish history, that for the violent death in battle with Pharaoh-necho of the good King Josiah, whose reign had been the only gleam of brightness for the period from Hezekiah to the downfall of the state; lamentations were written by Jeremiah for the occasion (2Ki 23:29, 30; 2Ch 35:22-27). Hadad-rimmon--a place or city in the great plain of Esdraelon, the battlefield of many a conflict, near Megiddo; called so from the Syrian idol Rimmon. Hadad also was the name of the sun, a chief god of the Syrians [Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1.23].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 A great mourning - A universal repentance. As the mourning of Hadadrimmon - They shall mourn as deeply for the crucified Christ as their forefathers did for the death of Josiah, who was slain at Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. See 2Chr 35:24, 2Chr 35:25.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 12:9-14

The day here spoken of, is the day of Jerusalem's defence and deliverance, that glorious day when God will appear for the salvation of his people. In Christ's first coming he bruised the serpent's head, and broke all the powers of darkness that fought against God's kingdom among men. In his second coming he will complete their destruction, when he shall put down all opposing rule, principality, and power; and death…

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Zechariah 12:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֗וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
יִגְדַּ֤לyig.Dalit will be greatH1431
הַמִּסְפֵּד֙ha.mis.Pedthe mourningH4553
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
כְּמִסְפַּ֥דke.mis.Padlike [the] mourning ofH4553
הֲדַדְ\־ha.dad-Hadad-H1910
רִמּ֖וֹןri.MonRimmonH1910
בְּבִקְעַ֥תbe.vik.'Atin [the] plain ofH1237
מְגִדּֽוֹן\׃me.gi.DonMegiddoH4023

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 12:11

  • 2 Chronicles 35:24

    His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

  • 2 Kings 23:29

    In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as.
2Ki 23:29; 2Ch 35:24

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Context

  • Zechariah 12:10

    And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

  • Zechariah 12:11

    In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

  • Zechariah 12:12

    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;

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Zechariah 12:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En aquel día habrá gran llanto en Jerusalem, como el llanto de Adadrimón en el valle de Megiddo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
En ce jour-là, il y aura une grande lamentation à Jérusalem, comme la lamentation de Hadadrimmon dans la vallée de Meguiddon;
German
Elberfelder 1871
An jenem Tage wird die Wehklage in Jerusalem groß sein wie die Wehklage von Hadad-Rimmon im Tale Megiddo
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In die illa, magnus erit planctus in Jerusalem, sicut planctus Adadremmon in campo Mageddon.