Zechariah · 9 verses
Zechariah 13
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The chapter
What happens here
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A man with wounds on his chest says they came from the house of his friends—and the chapter leaves that house, and the business done there, unexplained.
The prophet’s very specific escape planvv. 1–6
A fountain is opened for the house of David and Jerusalem, while idols, prophets, and the spirit of impurity are swept from the land. A false prophet’s own parents are to pierce him, and the disgraced man abandons the hairy cloak and the prophetic title alike, claiming to be a landworker purchased as a servant in his youth. Then comes the awkward question about the wounds on his chest, answered with the still more awkward house of friends.
The sword and the remnantvv. 7–9
The sword is summoned against the Shepherd, called the LORD’s Companion; the sheep scatter, the little ones feel the LORD’s hand, and two-thirds of the land are cut off. A third passes through fire, is refined like silver and tested like gold, and arrives at a plain exchange of names: they call on the LORD, and the LORD calls them My people.
The text
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Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Names the Hebrew and Greek put in the verse link to the person, place or people they name; the address beside each verse is a link to that verse, which is what a reader copies and shares.
Zech 13:1“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.
Zech 13:2And 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.
Zech 13:3And 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.
Zech 13:4And 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.
Zech 13:5He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
Zech 13:6If 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.’
Zech 13:7Awake, 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.
Zech 13:8And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
Zech 13:9This 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.’”
01 — Also here
Who else the chapter reaches
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 225 passages were voted onto 9 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 9Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- 9Jeremiah 29:11–12For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- 9Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- 9Isaiah 65:23–24They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.
- 9Isaiah 48:10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
- 91 Peter 1:6–7In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
- 9Psalms 34:15–19The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- 9Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
- 9Jeremiah 30:22“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
- 9James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- 9Deuteronomy 26:17–19Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- 7Mark 14:27Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- 9Hosea 2:21–23“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
- 7Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- 11 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- 1John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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