Zechariah 13:2

2 "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will 1cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the 2prophets and the 3unclean spirit from the land.

Zechariah 13:2 In-Context

1 "In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.
2 "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
3 "And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, 'You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD '; and his father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.
4 "Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;
5 but he will say, 'I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.'

Cross References 3

  • 1. Exodus 23:13; Hosea 2:17
  • 2. Jeremiah 23:14, 15
  • 3. 1 Kings 22:22; Ezekiel 36:25, 29
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