Zechariah 13:7-9 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword. Zechariah proceeds to show the course of the purification of the people. The mention of the false prophet and the shameful wounds in his flesh leads him to the contrast of the true Prophet and the effects of his "piercing." The abruptness of the commencement of the verse is dramatic, and gives no sufficient cause for supposing that this paragraph ought to be transferred (as Ewald and others desire) to the end of Zechariah 11:1-17 . (For a similar apostrophe, comp. Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7

The sword. There is here something of heaven and earth. Jehovah speaks. He lays his command on the sword of justice, to awake and "smite." This implies death, and death not of a common sort, but as a judicial act, under the sanction of law. We take the scene to illustrate the tragedy of Calvary ( Matthew 26:31 ; John 16:32 ). Three questions may be asked. I. WHO ? The rebellious Babylon, Rome, Jerusalem? No. "The man that is my fellow." Who is this? Search, and where can you... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7-9

§ 4. For the smiting of the good Shepherd Israel is punished, passes through much tribulation, by which it is refined, and in the end (though reduced to a mere remnant) is saved. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7-9

A wonderful sentence. "Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow," etc. The prophet here seems again to "hark back," as at the openings of Zechariah 9:1-17 . and 11. (where see remarks and references), from the "glory" that was to "follow" to the "sufferings" that were to precede. At any rate, we have the highest authority ( Matthew 26:31 , Matthew 26:56 ) for understanding this passage of the "sufferings" and death of our Lord himself. This being so,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7-9

God's government of the world. "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. 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. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:8

In all the land; i.e. Palestine, the country in which the good Shepherd tended his flock ( Zechariah 11:1-17 .), and which is a figure of the kingdom of God (comp. Zechariah 12:12 ; Zechariah 14:9 , Zechariah 14:10 ). Two parts therein shall be cut off and die; literally, the mouth, i.e. the portion of two , as Deuteronomy 21:17 ; 2 Kings 2:9 , where it denotes the double portion inherited by the firstborn. The inheritance is divided into three portions, of which two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:9

Through the fire. This third part, like its Master, passes through much tribulation, and is thereby refined and purified (comp. Psalms 66:10 ; Isaiah 48:10 ; Jeremiah 9:7 ; Daniel 12:10 ; Malachi 3:3 ; 1 Peter 1:6 , 1 Peter 1:7 ). Call on my Name. In their distress they shall turn in faith to Jehovah, as the covenant God, a very present Help in trouble ( Isaiah 65:24 ). Thus is represented God's dealing with his Church in every age. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword - So Jeremiah apostrophises the sword, “O thou sword of the Lord, when wilt thou be quiet?” Jeremiah 47:6. The prophets express what “will be,” by a command that it should be; “Make the heart of this people heavy” Isaiah 6:10. But by this command he signifies that human malice, acting freely, could do no more than His “Hand and” His “counsel determined before to be done” Acts 4:28. The envy and hatred of Satan, the blind fury of the chief priests, the contempt of Herod, the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 13:8

In all the land, two parts therein shall be cut off and die - “In all the land of Israel,” says a Jewish interpreter; (Kimchi); “ - the land, in which the Good Shepherd had been slain and the sheep scattered, “that upon you.” our Lord had said, “may come all the righteous blood.” As David punished Moab, “with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive” 2 Samuel 8:2; and Ezekiel prophesied, “A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the third part through the fire - Such is always God’s ways. “Thou hast proved us, O God; Thou hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare, Thou laidest trouble upon our loins: we went through fire and water, and Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place” Psalms 66:9-11. “I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” Isaiah 48:10; and, “Through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God” Acts... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 13:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 13:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 13:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 13:9

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