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Zechariah Chapter 13 (BBE)

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Zechariah Chapter 13
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1 In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.

2 And it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that I will have the names of the images cut off out of the land, and there will be no more memory of them: and I will send all the prophets and the unclean spirit away from the land.

3 And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.

4 And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:

5 But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

6 And if anyone says to him, What are these wounds between your hands? then he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

7 Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

8 And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.

9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is opened "for sin and for uncleanness" in Zechariah 13?
"A fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem" (v1), alongside a promise to cut off idols and false prophets from the land (v2).
What does the exchange in verses 6-7 describe?
A man is asked about wounds "in thine hands," answering he was wounded "in the house of my friends" (v6), just before the LORD calls for a sword to "smite the shepherd" and scatter the sheep (v7).
What proportion of the people survives the refining in this chapter?
"Two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left," and that remaining third is refined "as silver is refined" until they call on God's name (v8-9).

Today's Verse

For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 31:29 | ASV

Verse Of The Day

The command to strike the shepherd so the sheep scatter, and the promise to refine a remnant like silver through fire, both point to suffering that produces a purified people who call on the LORD's name. See how this call to seek God is echoed in Psalms 50:15, and the story concludes in Zechariah 14.