Zechariahchapter 13
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A.A fountain opened for sin and uncleannessvv. 1-6
1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. 2 And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through. 4 And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. 5 He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’ 6 If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
B.Strike the shepherd; a third brought through the firevv. 7-9
7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones. 8 And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it. 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Chapter summary
'In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness': the cleansing that answers chapter 12's mourning.
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Chapter summary
'In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness': the cleansing that answers chapter 12's mourning.
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'In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness': the cleansing that answers chapter 12's mourning. Idols' names are cut off and the unclean spirit removed; false prophets are so discredited they hide the hairy mantle and claim to be farmers. Then the sword falls on the true one: 'Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow… smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered': quoted by Jesus on the way to Gethsemane. Two parts of the land perish; the third is refined as silver: 'It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God' (13:9).
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Zechariah — Zechariah overview
- A. 1–6 A fountain opened for sin and uncleanness
- B. 7–9 Strike the shepherd; a third brought through the fire
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Ezekiel 52 verses
- Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
- Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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John 11 verse
- John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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1 Corinthians 61 verse
- 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Psalms 511 verse
- Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
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1 Kings 221 verse
- 1 Kings 22:22And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
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Hosea 21 verse
- Hosea 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
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Jeremiah 231 verse
- Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
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Mark 141 verse
- Mark 14:27Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.