Zechariah 13

Cleansing From Sin

1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive.
5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[a]
6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[b] ?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land,” declares the LORD, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.
9 This third I will put into 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.’ ”

Cross References 24

  • 1. Jeremiah 17:13
  • 2. S Leviticus 16:30; S Psalms 51:2; Hebrews 9:14
  • 3. Exodus 23:13; S Jeremiah 43:12; S Ezekiel 6:6; S Ezekiel 36:25; S Hosea 2:17
  • 4. S Micah 5:13
  • 5. 1 Kings 22:22; Jeremiah 23:14-15
  • 6. S Jeremiah 28:16
  • 7. Deuteronomy 13:6-11; Deuteronomy 18:20; S Nehemiah 6:14; Jeremiah 23:34; S Ezekiel 14:9
  • 8. S Jeremiah 6:15; Micah 3:6-7
  • 9. Matthew 3:4
  • 10. S 1 Kings 18:7; 2 Kings 1:8; S Isaiah 20:2
  • 11. S Ezekiel 12:24
  • 12. S Amos 7:14
  • 13. S Isaiah 34:5; Jeremiah 47:6
  • 14. Isaiah 40:11; S Isaiah 53:4; Ezekiel 37:24
  • 15. S 2 Samuel 17:2; Matthew 26:31*; Mark 14:27*
  • 16. S Eze 5:2-4,12; Zechariah 14:2
  • 17. S Isaiah 4:4; Isaiah 33:14; Malachi 3:2
  • 18. S Psalms 12:6; S Daniel 11:35; Isaiah 48:10; 1 Peter 1:6-7
  • 19. S Job 6:29; S Jeremiah 6:27
  • 20. S Psalms 50:15
  • 21. Psalms 105:1
  • 22. S Psalms 86:7; S Isaiah 30:19; S Zechariah 10:6
  • 23. S Leviticus 26:12; S Jeremiah 30:22
  • 24. S Isaiah 44:5; S Jeremiah 29:12; S Ezekiel 20:38

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "farmer; a man sold me in my youth"
  • [b]. Or "wounds between your hands"

Zechariah 13 Commentaries

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