“ZECHARIAH” (IX.—XIV.)
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Smith, George Adam and Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir
Lo, thy King cometh to thee, vindicated and victorious, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass.
Up, Sword, against My Shepherd!... Smite the Shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered!
And I will pour upon the house of David and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication, and they shall look to Him whom they have pierced; and they shall lament for Him, as with lamentation for an only son, and bitterly grieve for Him, as with grief for a first-born.