1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. 2 And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through. 4 And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. 5 He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’ 6 If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’ 7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones. 8 And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it. 9 This third I will bring through 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.’”
Zechariah · Majority Standard Bible
Zechariah 13 Majority Standard Bible
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… 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)