1 IN that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then 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 shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

1In that day there shalbe a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne, and for vncleannesse.

2 And it shal come to passe in that day, saith the Lord of hostes, that I will cut off the names of the idoles out of the land: and they shal no more be remembred: and also I wil cause the prophets, and the vncleane spirit to passe out of the land.

3And it shal come to passe that when any shall yet prophecie, then his father and his mother that begate him, shall say vnto him, Thou shalt not liue: for thou speakest lies in the Name of the Lord: and his father and his mother, that begate him, shall thrust him through when he prophecieth.

4And it shall come to passe in that day, that the prophets shalbe ashamed euery one of his vision, when hee hath prophecied: neither shall they weare a rough garment to deceiue.

5But he shal say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman: for man taught me to keepe cattell from my youth.

6And one shal say vnto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then hee shall answere: Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

7 Awake, O sword, against my shepheard, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hostes: smite the Shepheard, and the sheepe shalbe scattered: and I wil turne mine hand vpon the litle ones.

8And it shall come to passe, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die, but the third shall be left therein.

9And I will bring the thirde part through the fire, and wil refine them as siluer is refined, & will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my Name, and I wil heare them: I wil say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

I == Zech 12:3 ; Heb 9:14 ; 1st Peter 1:19 ; Rev 1:5

II == Ex 23:13 ; 30:13 ; Josh 23:7 ; Ps 16:4 ; Hos 2:17 ; Mic 5:12-13 ; 2nd Peter 2:1

 

III == Deut 13:6 , 8 ; 18:20

 

 

 

IV == 2nd Kings 1:8 ; Isa 20:2 ; Mic 3:6-7 ; Matt 3:4

 

 

V == Amos 7:14

 

 

 

 

VII == Isa 40:11 ; Matt 26:31 ; Mark 14:27 ; Luke 12:32 ; John 10:30

 

 

VIII == Rom 11:5

 

IX == Ps 50:15 ; 91:15 ; 144:15 ; Isa 48:10 ; Jer 30:22 ; Ezek 11:20 ; Hos 2:23

 

 

1 On that day there shall be open to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, a fountain to purify from sin and uncleanness.

2 On that day, says the LORD of hosts, I will destroy the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be mentioned no more; I will also take away the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land.

3 If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the LORD." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through.

4 On that day, every prophet shall be ashamed to prophesy his vision, neither shall he assume the hairy mantle to mislead,

5 but he shall say, "I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil, for I have owned land since my youth."

6 And if anyone asks him, "What are these wounds on your chest?" he shall answer, "With these I was wounded in the house of my dear ones."

7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate, says the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd that the sheep may be dispersed, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8 In all the land, says the LORD, two thirds of them shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left.

9 I will bring the one third through fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They shall call upon my name, and I will hear them. I will say, "They are my people," and they shall say, "The LORD is my God."

v 1. The fountain of cleansing was opened potentially to all the world at Christ’s crucifixion, but now it is opened especially for all Israel who need cleansing from sin.

v 2,3. There will be worship of the beast in the Tribulation, but in that day the Lord will cut off names of all idols or anything that would come before Him. False prophets will even be killed by their parents as commanded in Deut. 13:6-11.

 

v 4-6. In that day of justice, false prophets will try to hide their trade. They won’t wear rough prophet garments like Elijah, they will claim to have been farmers from youth, and the scars from self inflicted cuttings before idols to have been discipline from parents or beaten up by companions. This indirectly refers to Christ’s betrayal.

 

v 7. This switches to the True Shepherd, Christ in His suffering. Sword refers to any weapon, as Uriah’s death by arrows is called the sword, 2 Sam. 11:24;12:9. Rome scattered Jews AD 70, but this means the Father caused men to “smite the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered”. Christ quotes this of Himself in Matt. 26:31.

v 8,9. Scattering happened in AD 70, but main emphasis is the Great Tribulation. Two thirds of the Jews will perish, but the remnant, the third remaining, will be purified by persecution. Then they will call upon the name of the Lord, and He will hear them as His people. They will say, “The Lord is my God.”