1 In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclean woman. 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will destroy the names of idols out of the earth, and they shall be remembered no more: and I will take away the false prophets, and the unclean spirit out of the earth. 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any man shall prophesy any more, his father and his mother that brought him into the world, shall say to him: Thou shalt not live: because thou best spoken a lie in the name of the Lord. And his father, and his mother, his parents, shall thrust him through, when he shall prophesy. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they be clad with a garment of sackcloth, to deceive: 5 But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth. 6 And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands? And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me. 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand to the little ones. 8 And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.
Zechariah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Zechariah 13 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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Cross references (9)
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- 1 1 Corinthians 6:11; John 1:29; Psalm 51:2; Ezekiel 36:25; 1 John 1:7
- 2 1 Kings 22:22; Hosea 2:17; Jeremiah 23:14–15; Exodus 23:13; Ezekiel 36:25
- 3 Deuteronomy 13:6–11; Deuteronomy 18:20; Ezekiel 14:9; Jeremiah 23:34; 2 Corinthians 5:16
- 4 Micah 3:6–7; Matthew 3:4; Isaiah 20:2; 2 Kings 1:8; Revelation 11:3
- 5 Amos 7:14; Acts 19:17–20
- 6 John 18:35; Psalm 22:16; Proverbs 27:5–6; Revelation 14:11; John 19:14–16
- 7 Mark 14:27; Matthew 26:31; John 16:32; Isaiah 40:11; Mark 14:50
- 8 Ezekiel 5:12; Revelation 16:19; Ezekiel 5:2–4; Malachi 4:1–3; Revelation 8:7–12
- 9 Psalm 50:15; Jeremiah 29:11–12; Acts 2:21; Isaiah 65:23–24; Isaiah 48:10
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What the Fathers said
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… shall make gods, lo, they are no gods;" and in another place, "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered." But the holy Isaiah prophesies expressly concerning Egypt in reference to this matter, saying, "And …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Then "He saith unto them, All ye shall be offended in me." After this He mentions also a prophecy, "For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad:" at once persuading them ever to give heed to the things that are written, and at same time making it plain that He was crucified, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)