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Themes in Zechariah 13

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Themes in Zechariah 13

Zechariah 13:1 (show verse)

“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the people of Jerusalem for [cleansing from] sin and impurity.

The atonement » Foretold
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual promised
Fountain » Figurative » Of the salvation of the gospel
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Christ
God's Promises » Of cleansing » Spiritual promised
Jesus Christ » Names of » Fountain
Laver of brass » Illustrative of » Christ the fountain for sin
Living waters » Where the fountain of water shall go out from
Pardon » The blood of Christ, alone, is efficacious for
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Promised
Sin » God has opened a fountain for
Types » Of the saviour » The bronze laver
Types of Christ » Laver of brass
Washing » Figurative » Of regeneration

“In that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the [false] prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

Demons » Forbidden worship
Idolatry » Prophecies relating to
Idolatry » Destruction of, promised
false Worship » Idolatry » Prophecies concerning the overthrow of

Zechariah 13:3 (show verse)

And if anyone still [appears as a prophet and falsely] prophesies, then his father and his mother who gave birth to him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord’; and his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Prophets » FALSE » Punishment of

Zechariah 13:4 (show verse)

And in that day the [false] prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not wear a hairy robe [of true prophets] in order to deceive,

Prophets » Wore a coarse dress of hair-cloth
Sackcloth » Rough and unsightly

Zechariah 13:5 (show verse)

but he will [deny his identity and] say, ‘I am no prophet. I work the ground, because a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’

Agriculture » General references to » Called husbandmen

Zechariah 13:6 (show verse)

And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

No Themes for this verse.

Zechariah 13:7 (show verse)

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the Man, My Associate,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd so that the sheep [of the flock] may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand and stretch it out against the little ones [of the flock].

The atonement » Foretold
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah's fellow and equal
Christ, the shepherd » His sheep » He laid down his life for
The death of Christ » Foretold
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » He laid down his life for
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah's fellow and equal
Jesus Christ » Names of » Jehovah's fellow
Prophecies respecting Christ » His disciples forsaking him
Refining » The lord refining
Shepherd » Figurative » Of Christ
Shepherds » Illustrative » Of Christ as the good shepherd
Swords » Figurative » Of judgments
Swords » Illustrative » Of the justice of God

Zechariah 13:8 (show verse)

“It will come about in all the land,”
Declares the Lord,
“Two parts in it will be cut off and perish,
But the third will be left alive.

Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Refining » The lord refining

Zechariah 13:9 (show verse)

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The refining process
Answer promised » To prayer
Fire » As a purifier
God's Promises » God's, characteristics of » Of answer to prayer
God's Promises » To the prayerful » Promises of answer
Gold » Refined
Gold » Refined and tried by fire
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Answer promised
Prayer » Examples of » Promises of answers to
Prayer » The promises of God encourage to
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
Refining » The lord refining
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Silver » Symbolical
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Purified by fire
Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Temptation » A test
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
Trial » The lord trying
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Trials » The refining influence of