Pierced

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.

He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.