Zechariah 12:11 (DRB)

Passage

In that day there shall be a great lamentation in Jerusalem like the lamentation of Adadremmon in the plain of Mageddon.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.

Zechariah 12:11 In that day there shall be a great lamentation in Jerusalem like the lamentation of Adadremmon in the plain of Mageddon.

Zechariah 12:12 And the land shall mourn: families and families apart: the families of the house of David apart, and their women apart:

Zechariah 12:13 The families of the house of Nathan apart, and their women apart: the families of the house of Levi apart, and their women apart: the families of Semei apart, and their women apart.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "great", "lamentation", "jerusalem", "like", "adadremmon", and "plain". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "great", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And I will pour out upon the..." into verse 12's "And the land shall mourn families and...", so "shall" and "great" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "great" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.