...Is. iv. 3, 4. Their mourning shall at once be general and particular. The promise of the Redeemer is, "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon...Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley...

...I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications ; and they shall look upon me whom they...as one that is in bitterness for his first-born." For this reason I shall make an observation or two on the degree of sorrow for sin in true penitents,...

...upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplication ; and they shall look npon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for...bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first born." For this reason I shall make an observation or two on the degree of sorrow for sin in...

...are a quotation from Zech. xii. 10 :" For I will pour upon the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications...mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son." The context, as well as the words themselves, evince that this is an undoubted prophecy of the future...

...whole is concluded with " I the Lord have spoken it, and .1 will do it." Zech. xii. 10. to the end : " And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon...supplications ; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced," &c. §41. We are told, Job xxviii. 28. that "the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to...

...side should be pierced, Zee. 12. 10; — and that a bone of him should not be broken, Ps. 34. 20. " And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon...him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn." (Zee. 12. 10.) That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, and to his being pierced...

...side should be pierced, Zee. 12. 10; — and that a bone of him should not be broken, Ps. 34. 20. " And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon...him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn." (Zee. 12. 10.) That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, and to his .being pierced...

...il weeps stands under the cross. " 1 will pom upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications:...as one that is in bitterness for his first-born." The pressure of these various feelings constitutes what we mean by having the heart broken far sin....

...upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication: antl they shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for...as one that is in bitterness for his first-born." (Zech. xii. 8 — 10.) After which cometh the description of a most deep contrition and terrible agony,...

...him a self-loathing on its account? Thus it is said in the prophetic writings, " They shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for...as one that is in bitterness for his first-born."* And must not a repetition of the same views still • Zech. xii. 10. strengthen the impression, so...