<p>1:7- see on Jn. 1:14; 19:37.</p><p><i>Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. So shall it be Amen</i>- This passage from Zechariah appears to be a prophecy of how Israel shall see the Lord at His second coming, and that is the interpretation given here. Those who crucified the Lord had this prophecy come true as they looked upon and gloated over the pierced Lord Jesus on the cross (see on Jn. 19:37). But it shall come true again, when they are resurrected to judgment at the last day, see His enthronement in glory &quot;he comes with the clouds&quot; is the language of Dan. 7 about this, realize from marks in His body that this is the one whom they crucified, exclaim &quot;Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord&quot; (Mt. 23:39), but find they are not able to be in His Kingdom. That bitter disappointment at the future they have missed, that they now so want, with all the resulting self-anger, is described as weeping and gnashing of teeth. That will be psychological punishment enough for the rejected. &quot;The tribes of the earth&quot;, every eye of them, shall see the Lord in that moment. &quot;The earth&quot; refers to the land, of Israel; all those who looked upon Him upon the cross, &quot;every eye&quot;, shall then be resurrected to see Him and mourn bitterly over what they did. The &quot;every eye&quot; is I suggest unpacked and defined by &quot;they that pierced him&quot; and &quot;all the tribes of the land&quot;. The &quot;and...&quot; does not have to mean 'in addition to'; it can be a device for defining the term which has gone before it. As if to say 'Yes, even...'.</p>