Zacarias 13:8

8 Em toda a terra, diz o Senhor, as duas partes dela serão exterminadas, e expirarão; mas a terceira parte restará nela.

Zacarias 13:8 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 13:8

And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith
the Lord
Either in all the land of Israel, as Kimchi interprets it; or rather in all the world, as Aben Ezra and others; for this prophecy seems to have respect, not to the calamities of the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, after the death of Christ, when a few were saved, a remnant according to the election of grace, yet so as by fire, for whose sake the days of tribulation were shortened; but to the external state of the church, and the trouble of it throughout Christendom, about the time of the destruction of antichrist: two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die;
all hypocrites, formalists, and outward court worshippers; who seem as if they would be at this time two thirds of the professors of true religion; who will not be able to stand the hour of temptation that will come upon all the earth, to try the inhabitants of it; which will be the last struggle of the beast of Rome, ( Revelation 3:10 ) but will be twice dead, plucked up by the roots; will die to the profession of religion, and be cut off from the people of God, and have no more a name with them: but the third shall be left therein;
the few names in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments; the hundred forty and four thousand that will stand with Christ, and by him, on Mount Zion, being redeemed from among men, ( Revelation 3:4 ) ( Revelation 14:1 Revelation 14:4 ) compare with this ( Revelation 16:19 ) .

Zacarias 13:8 In-Context

6 E se alguém lhe disser: Que feridas são essas entre as tuas mãos? Dirá ele: São as feridas com que fui ferido em casa dos meus amigos.

7 Ó espada, ergue-te contra o meu pastor, e contra o varão que é o meu companheiro, diz o Senhor dos exércitos; fere ao pastor, e espalhar-se-ão as ovelhas; mas volverei a minha mão para os pequenos.

8 Em toda a terra, diz o Senhor, as duas partes dela serão exterminadas, e expirarão; mas a terceira parte restará nela.

9 E farei passar esta terceira parte pelo fogo, e a purificarei, como se purifica a prata, e a provarei, como se prova o ouro. Ela invocará o meu nome, e eu a ouvirei; direi: É meu povo; e ela dirá: O Senhor é meu Deus.