Zaccaria 13:8

8 Ed avverrà in tutta la terra, dice il Signore, che le due parti ne saranno sterminate, e morranno; e la terza dimorerà sol di resto in esse.

Zaccaria 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 ) .

Zaccaria 13:8 In-Context

6 E gli si dirà: Che voglion dire quelle ferite, che tu hai in mezzo delle mani? Ed egli dirà: Son quelle che mi sono state date nella casa de’ miei amici.

7 O SPADA, destati contro al mio Pastore, contro all’uomo che è mio prossimo, dice il Signor degli eserciti; percuoti il Pastore, e le pecore saran disperse; ma pure io volgerò la mia mano sopra i piccoli.

8 Ed avverrà in tutta la terra, dice il Signore, che le due parti ne saranno sterminate, e morranno; e la terza dimorerà sol di resto in esse.

9 E ancora metterò quella terza nel fuoco, e nel cimento, come si mette l’argento; e li proverò, come si prova l’oro; essi invocheranno il mio Nome, ed io risponderò loro, e dirò: Essi sono mio popolo; e ciascun di loro dirà: Il Signore è l’Iddio mio.