13 1 Of the fountain of grace. 2 Of the clean riddance of idolatry. 3 The zeal of the godly against false prophets.

In that day there [a]shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

And in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the [b]names of the idols out of the land: and they shall no more be remembered: and I will cause the [c]prophets, and the unclean spirit to depart out of the land.

And when any shall yet [d]prophesy, his father and his mother that begat him, shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live: for thou speakest lies in the Name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him, [e]shall thrust him through, when he prophesieth.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 13:1 He showeth what shall be the fruit of their repentance, to wit, remission of sins by the blood of Christ, which shall be a continual running fountain, and purge them from all uncleanness.
  2. Zechariah 13:2 He promiseth that God will also purge them from all superstition, and that their religion shall be pure.
  3. Zechariah 13:2 Meaning, the false prophets and teachers, who are the corrupters of all religion, whom the Prophet here calleth unclean spirits.
  4. Zechariah 13:3 That is, when they shall prophesy lies, and make God, who is the author of truth, a cloak thereunto.
  5. Zechariah 13:3 He showeth what zeal the godly shall have under the kingdom of Christ, Deut. 13:6, 9.

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