And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.
Zechariah 12:8 In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God--As a messenger of Jehovah--before them.
Zechariah 12:9 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
Zechariah 12:10 And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.
Zechariah 12:11 In that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,
Zechariah 12:12 And mourned hath the land--every family apart, The family of the house of David apart, And their women apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, And their women apart;
The verse centers on "Spirit", "grace", "poured", "house", "david", "inhabitant", "jerusalem", and "supplications". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "grace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And it hath come to pass in..." into verse 11's "In that day great is the mourning...", so "Spirit" and "grace" 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 "Spirit" and "grace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.