him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn” (Zech. 12:10). As a result, “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness” (13:1). “The children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days” (Hos. 3:5). Isaiah is standing prophetically on that very
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