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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 13:1-3

XIII.(1-3) Some critics consider that Zechariah 12:0, Zechariah 13:1-6, and Zechariah 14:0 were composed in the time of Jehoiakim (cir. 600), or that Zechariah 14:0 was written a little later, when the confidence of victory expressed in the earlier chapters was considerably lessened on account of the more threatening position of political affairs. To this we can only reply that, if so, the prophet was a false prophet, and proclaimed “Peace, peace, when there was no peace;” and we, at least, are... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Zechariah 13:1-9

The Incentives to Worship (For Ascensiontide) Zechariah 13:6 The Prophet is anticipating the first Ascension Day, the day the Church observed last Thursday; a day which, for the importance of the event it commemorates, ranks with Christmas and with Easter. He is looking on to the first Ascension Day. Think what the picture is that floats up before him: The Passion is over; the Cross is ended; the forty days after the Resurrection are completed; and, at last, the great and final day has come,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1-6

49. FOUR RESULTS OF JERUSALEM’S DELIVERANCEZechariah 12:8-14; Zechariah 13:1-6Upon the deliverance of Jerusalem, by the help of the converted Judah, there follow four results, each introduced by the words that it happened "in that day". {Zechariah 12:8-9; Zechariah 13:1-2} First, the people of Jerusalem shall themselves be strengthened. Second, the hostile heathen shall be destroyed, but on the house of David and all Jerusalem the spirit of penitence shall be poured, and they will lament for... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1-9

THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"Chapters 9-14FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah" 9-14. These chapters consist of a number of separate oracles, which their language and general conceptions lead us on the whole to believe were put together by one hand, and which, with the possible exception of some older fragments, reflect the troubled times in Palestine that followed on the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 13:1-9

CHAPTER 13 1. The cleansing (Zechariah 13:1 ) 2. The blessed results of the cleansing (Zechariah 13:2-6 ) 3. The smitten Shepherd (Zechariah 13:7 ) 4. Salvation and condemnation (Zechariah 13:8-9 ) Zechariah 13:1 . This verse is misplaced; it belongs to the preceding chapter. It is a prophecy of the cleansing of the repenting portion of God’s earthly people. The fountain of cleansing, so beautifully expressed by Cowper: There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Zechariah 13:1

13:1 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.(a) He shows what will be the fruit of their repentance, that is, remission of sins by the blood of Christ, which will be a continual running fountain, and purge them from all uncleanness. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 13:1-9

Results in Great Blessing (vv. 1-4) Zechariah 13:1-9 is directly connected with what went before in Zechariah 12:1-14. Judah's repentance will find a wonderful restoring answer on the part of God. The fountain opened for the house of David in that day (v.1) will be the same fountain that was opened at Calvary, but never before acknowledged by the Jews. Only when they realize their sinfulness and uncleanness will they truly appreciate God's means of cleansing it away. As to judicial... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1-9

END THE AGE , OPEN THE MILLENNIUM It was stated that the first part of the book, chapters 1-8, referred chiefly, though not entirely, to the prophet’s own time. The basis of all the prophecies in that part had a historical relation to the period then present. They were uttered, to encourage the people in rebuilding the temple. And yet there is not one of them that did not take cognizance of the far future. The discourses of this, the second part, deal almost entirely with the future. It... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 13:1

CONTENTS The Prophet is still looking by faith into the Gospel days, and describing under the spirit of prophecy, many blessed things to be accomplished in the days of Christ, and the after ages of his Church. (Zechariah 13:1 ) 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. If by faith, as the Prophet wrote, the Reader is led now to contemplate the mercy here promised, he must take his stand at the foot of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1

Fountain. In the New Testament Christ is made an open fountain by his incarnation, John iv. 13. (St. Gregory, xx. in Ezechiel i. 6. ep. 186.) (Worthington) --- His baptism and other sacraments have the most surprising effects, to which the prophet refers more than to those waters which were brought by pipes into the temple to cleanse the victims, Ezechiel xlvii. 1. (Calmet) --- The washing. Septuagint, "change and sprinkling." Grabe substitutes Greek: chorismon, "separation," and marks the... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 13:1-3

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Zechariah 13:1-9

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1-6

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1-9

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 13:1-9

Geneva Study Bible - Zechariah 13:1

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 13:1-9

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1-9

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 13:1

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 13:1

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