Zechariah 13
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Zechariah 13:4-8

4Also it will comeH1961 about in that dayH3117 that the prophetsH5030 will eachH376 be 1ashamedH954 of his visionH2384 when he prophesiesH5012, and they will not putH3847 on a 2hairyH8181 robeH155 in orderH4616 to deceiveH3584; 5but he will sayH559, ‘I am 3not a prophetH5030; I am a tillerH376H5647 of the groundH127, for a manH120 4soldH7069 me as a slave in my youthH5271.’ 6And one will sayH559 to him, ‘WhatH4100 are theseH428 woundsH4347 5betweenH996 your 6armsH3027?’ Then he will sayH559, ‘Those with whichH834 I was woundedH5221 in the houseH1004 of 7my friendsH157.’

7“AwakeH5782, O 8swordH2719, againstH5921 My 9ShepherdH7462, And againstH5921 the manH1397, My 10AssociateH5997,” DeclaresH5002 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635. “11StrikeH5221 the ShepherdH7462 that the sheepH6629 may be scatteredH6327; And I will 12turnH7725 My handH3027 13againstH5921 the littleH6819 ones.8It will comeH1961 about in allH3605 the landH776,” DeclaresH5002 the LordH3068, “That 14twoH8147 partsH6310 in it will be cutH3772 offH3772 and perishH1478; But the thirdH7992 will be leftH3498 in it.

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Notes

  1. 1. Zechariah 13:4 Jer 6:15; 8:9; Mic 3:7 ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 13:4 2 Kin 1:8; Is 20:2; Matt 3:4 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 13:5 Amos 7:14 ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 13:5 Lit caused another to buy me ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 13:6 2 Kin 9:24 ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 13:6 Lit hands ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 13:6 Lit those who love me ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 13:7 Jer 47:6; Ezek 21:3-5 ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 13:7 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:23, 24; 37:24; Mic 5:2, 4 ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 13:7 Ps 2:2; Jer 23:5, 6 ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 13:7 Is 53:4, 5, 10; Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27 ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 13:7 Is 1:25 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 13:7 Or upon ↩
  14. 14. Zechariah 13:8 Is 6:13; Ezek 5:2-4, 12 ↩

Commentaries on Zechariah 13

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