Zechariah Chapter 13 (WEB)

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Zechariah 13 is part of “Second Oracle: Jerusalem's Refinement and the LORD's Reign (12-14)” (12–14) in the outline of Zechariah.

Zechariah 13 summary

In this chapter we have, I. Some further promises relating to gospel-times. Here is a promise of the remission of sins (Zac 13:1), of the reformation of manners (Zac 13:2), and particularly of the convicting and silencing of false prophets (Zac 13:2-6). II. A clear prediction of the sufferings of Christ and the dispersion of his disciples thereupon (Zac 13:7), of the destruction of the greater part of the Jewish nation not long after (Zac 13:8), and of the purifying of a remnant of them, a peculiar people to God (Zac 13:9).

Source: Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706–21; Romans–Revelation completed by Nonconformist ministers). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).

1. 1 “In that day there will be a fountain opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
2. 2 It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
3. 3 It will happen that when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in the LORD’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
4. 4 It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,
5. 5 but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’
6. 6 One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
7. 7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says the LORD of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8. 8 It shall happen that in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
9. 9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”