Zacarías 13:8

8 Dos tercios de los habitantes del país
serán cortados y morirán —dice el Señor
—.
Pero quedará un tercio en el país.

Zacarías 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 ) .

Zacarías 13:8 In-Context

6 Y si alguien pregunta: “¿Entonces qué de esas heridas en tu pecho?”.
Él responderá: “¡Me hirieron en casa de mis amigos!”.

7 Las ovejas se dispersan
»Despierta, oh espada, contra mi pastor,
el hombre quien es mi compañero
—dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales—.
Mata al pastor,
y las ovejas se dispersarán
y me volveré contra los corderos.

8 Dos tercios de los habitantes del país
serán cortados y morirán —dice el Señor
—.
Pero quedará un tercio en el país.

9 A este último grupo lo pasaré por el fuego
y los haré puros.
Los refinaré como se refina la plata
y los purificaré como se purifica el oro.
Invocarán mi nombre
y yo les responderé.
Les diré: “Este es mi pueblo”,
y ellos dirán: “El Señor
es nuestro Dios”».