He cometh; for the deliverance of his friends and the ruin of his enemies.

They also which pierced him-all kindreds of the earth shall wail; there is here an allusion to Zechariah 12:10-14, but with a different application of the words. In Zechariah it is a penitential mourning; but here, as in Matthew 24:30, where the same words are used, it is a mourning of terror in view of Christ's coming to take vengeance on the wicked. Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:8.

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Old Testament