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Text -- Zechariah 13:4-9 (NET)
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13:4 “Therefore , on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.
13:5 Instead he will say , ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer , for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth .’
13:6 Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer , ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends .’
13:7 “Awake , sword , against my shepherd , against the man who is my associate ,” says the Lord who rules over all . Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered ; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
13:8 It will happen in all the land , says the Lord , that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die , but one-third will be left in it.
13:9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire ; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested . They will call on my name and I will answer ; I will say , ‘These are my people ,’ and they will say , ‘The Lord is my God .’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Israel |
ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF |
Minister |
Jesus, The Christ |
Temptation |
Afflictions and Adversities |
God |
Hypocrisy |
Gold |
Prayer |
Silver |
Sword |
Shepherd |
Refining |
Prophecy |
Quotations and Allusions |
SKIN |
SHEEP |
AWAKE |
CAMEL'S HAIR |
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NET Notes: Zec 13:4 The words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation from context (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).
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NET Notes: Zec 13:5 Or perhaps “for the land has been my possession since my youth” (so NRSV; similar NAB).
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NET Notes: Zec 13:6 These wounds on your chest. Pagan prophets were often self-lacerated (Lev 19:28; Deut 14:1; 1 Kgs 18:28) for reasons not entirely clear, so this false...
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NET Notes: Zec 13:7 Despite the NT use of this text to speak of the scattering of the disciples following Jesus’ crucifixion (Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27), the immediate...
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NET Notes: Zec 13:8 The fractions mentioned here call to mind the affliction of God’s people described by Ezekiel, though Ezekiel referred to his own times whereas ...
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