Teaching Notes Book of Zechariah - Chapters 13 and 14
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Hugh C. Wood, Atlanta, Georgia
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Zechariah 13
New International Version
Cleansing From Sin
13 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and
they will be remembered no more,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove
both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone
still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to
them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the Lord’s name.’ Then their
own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision.
They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive. 5 Each
will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood
since my youth.[a]’ 6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[b]?’
they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is close
to me!”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be
scattered,
and I will turn my hand
against the little ones.
8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck
down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in
it.
9 This third I will put into the fire;
I will refine them like
silver
and test them like gold.
They will call on my name
and I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord
is our God.’”
Footnotes
Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands
Zechariah 14
New International Version
The Lord Comes and Reigns
14 A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will
be plundered and divided up within your very walls.
2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the
city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the
city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the
city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights
on a day of battle.
4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to
west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half
moving south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to
Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake[a] in the days of Uzziah
king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness.
7 It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction
between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.
8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it
east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer
and in winter.
9 The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be
one Lord, and his name the only name.
10 The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become
like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to
the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel
to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place. 11 It will be
inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.
12 This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations
that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still
standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues
will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day people will be stricken by the Lord
with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one
another. 14 Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the
surrounding nations will be collected—great quantities of gold and silver and
clothing. 15 A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and
donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem
will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to
celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do
not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have
no rain. 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have
no rain. The Lord[b] will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations
that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 19 This will be the
punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to
celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
20 On that day holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of the
horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls
in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the
Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and
cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite[c] in the
house of the Lord Almighty.
Footnotes
Zechariah 14:5 Or 5 My mountain valley will be blocked and will extend
to Azel. It will be blocked as it was blocked because of the earthquake
Zechariah 14:18 Or part, then the Lord
Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant
all the rest of the clans and their wives.
Footnotes
Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
Zechariah 12:10 Or to
Bible Project
Overview: Zechariah
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Zechariah is specific about dating his writing (520–518 BC).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Zechariah
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Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations
http://dssenglishbible.com/scroll4Q80.htm
Commentary on Zechariah 13
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/kdo/zechariah-13.html
Commentary on Zechariah 14
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/kdo/zechariah-14.html
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How to Read the Bible: The Prophets
Bible Project
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