Then who is "they" of they shall look upon me whom they have pierced referring to EXPLICITLY?
From your current comment, as well as from previous posts you have made on this statement, you WANT to interpret this word "they" to mean the specific individuals that did the piercing. But this is conclusion is demonstrably incorrect.
While this statement is indeed couched in explicit language, the word in question, the one you are stressing, "they" (which, by the way, is represented simply by a syllable in the Hebrew) takes its meaning from the context. And in CHOOSING to interpret it the way you WANT to interpret it, you are completely ignoring the context.
To understand the context of this one word "they," it is necessary to examine the entire block of text in which it is used.
This statement is part 0f Zechariah 12:10. So we need to examine that passage. So, looking first at the section leading up to the sentence which contains this statement, we read:
"1 The burden of the word of the LORD against Israel. Thus says the LORD, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: 2
"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. 3
And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. 4
In that day," says the LORD, "I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness; I will open My eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem
are my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.' 6
In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place--Jerusalem. 7 "The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah. 8
In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the LORD before them. 9
It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
Zechariah 12:1-9
Now every section that I have highlighted here is clearly prophesying something that has never happened, even up to the present time. Preterists want to pretend that this happened in AD 70. but that is totally false.
The section that I have highlighted in purple, says that the Lord will make Jerusalem "A cup of drunkenness" to all the surrounding people. But the insanity recorded in the historical documents of that day took place
in Jerusalem, not among the surrounding nations.
The section I have highlighted in blue says that "all who would heave [Jerusalem] away shall be cut in pieces." This is
exactly the opposite of what happened in A.D. 70.
The section I have highlighted in orange says that "the governors of Judah,"shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left." But in A.D. 70, the governors of Judah
were themselves devoured.
The section I have highlighted in red says that "the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem." But in A.D. 70,
He allowed many of them to be killed, and the rest enslaved.
And the section I have highlighted in pink says that "at that day," the Lord "will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." But
the ONLY nation He destroyed in A.D. 70 was Judea.
Next, we examine that section that follows the sentence which contains the statement in question, and we read:
"Yes, they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for his own son and grieve for Him, as one grieves for a firstborn. 11 In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 And the land shall mourn,
every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself,
and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself,
and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself,
and their wives by themselves; 14 all the families that remain,
every family by itself, and their wives by themselves."
Zechariah 12:10b-14
In the past, you have insisted that this is speaking of the general mourning in the city and the land, when the Romans destroyed them in A.D. 70. But This mourning and grieving is explicitly stated tb be morning FOR HIM, and Grieving FOR HIM. The Hebrew word used in both cases in "oli·u." This does not mean, or imply, mourning and grieving because of the punishment they received for what they had done to Him, but rather mourning and grieving because of what had been don to, or because of what had happened to HIM, that is, Jesus.
And not even one historical record of the day said anything about a division of the people by family and gender, as they mourned due to the destruction in A.D. 70.
I have taken the time to clearly demonstrate that the entire context of the sentence in question is a prophecy which remains to be fulfilled in the future. And again, this is a
critical fact because the word "they" takes its meaning from the context.
But we do not even need to follow all this inescapable logic to analyze the sentence in question. For the entire sentence is "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced."
Zechariah 12:10a
So, even within the context of just this one sentence, the word "they" clearly refers to "the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
You WANT this to mean that the specific individuals that pierced Him would look upon Him and mourn.' But the specific individuals that did this were not even "the house of David," nor were they "the inhabitants of Jerusalem." For the individuals that actually did this were the Romans, who are not even mentioned in this passage.
Thus, there is absolutely zero logical or scriptural basis for even trying to pretend that this means that the specific individuals that pierced Him will look in Him and mourn.
The meaning of this passage is clearly that, in a future day, "the house of David, and "the inhabitants of Jerusalem" will look on Him (Jesus) whom they (the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem) pierced, and in that day, they (the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem) will repent with bitter weeping.