Lyrics · Zechariah
They Shall Look upon the One They Pierced
Zechariah 12:1-13:1
[Invocation]
The one who stretched the heavens,
Laid earth and formed the spirit within,
Makes Jerusalem a trembling cup,
A stone too heavy for gathered men.
[Siege Movement]
Nations gather, horses stagger,
Judah burns like fire through sheaves.
The weakest stands like David,
Yet no proud house by boasting lives.
[Turn: Grace]
Then grace descends with supplication,
Not applause for battle won.
Eyes are lifted toward the pierced one,
And every hidden grief has begun.
[Chorus]
They shall look upon the one they pierced,
And mourn as for an only son.
House by house and heart by heart,
No family hides from what was done.
They shall look upon the one they pierced,
Bitter tears beneath the sky.
Grace does not erase the wound;
It teaches hardened hearts to cry.
[Lament Litany]
David's house apart in sorrow,
Nathan's house receives the same.
Levi's family, Shimei's family,
Every remnant called by name.
Wives apart and husbands grieving,
Private truth without display.
All the land becomes a chamber
Where repentance finds its way.
[Bridge]
In that day a fountain opens,
For uncleanness and for sin.
Mourning does not end in mourning;
Cleansing water gathers in.
[Final Chorus]
They shall look upon the one they pierced,
And mourn as for an only son.
House by house and heart by heart,
The work of grace has now begun.
They shall look upon the one they pierced,
Then the fountain will not close.
Where confession names the wound,
Covenant cleansing freely flows.
[Coda]
The city wept in private;
The fountain opened for all.

