Focused Passage

Zechariah 13:1-6

The Fountain Opened and the Shepherd Struck

The LORD opens cleansing for sin, purges idols and false prophecy, strikes the shepherd so the flock is scattered, and refines a remnant into renewed covenant confession.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

2 And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

4 And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

5 He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’

6 If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

On that הַה֗וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular a fountain מָק֣וֹר H4726 Noun - masculine singular will be יִֽהְיֶה֙ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular opened נִפְתָּ֔ח H6605 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular to the house לְבֵ֥ית H1004 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of David דָּוִ֖יד H1732 Noun - proper - masculine singular and the people וּלְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י H3427 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Jerusalem יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular to cleanse them from sin לְחַטַּ֖את H2403 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct and impurity וּלְנִדָּֽה׃ H5079 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 2

Original words

And וְהָיָה֩ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular on that הַה֜וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day בַיּ֨וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular declares נְאֻ֣ם׀ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָא֗וֹת H6635 Noun - common plural I will erase אַכְרִ֞ית H3772 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the names שְׁמ֤וֹת H8034 Noun - masculine plural construct of the idols הָֽעֲצַבִּים֙ H6091 Article | Noun - masculine plural from מִן־ H4480 Preposition the land הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and they will no וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle longer ע֑וֹד H5750 Adverb . . . וְגַ֧ם H1571 Conjunction - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker be remembered יִזָּכְר֖וּ H2142 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural I will also remove אַעֲבִ֥יר H5674 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular the prophets הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural and וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the spirit ר֥וּחַ H7307 Noun - common singular construct of impurity הַטֻּמְאָ֖ה H2932 Article | Noun - feminine singular from מִן־ H4480 Preposition the land הָאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or the unclean spirit
Verse 3

Original words

And וְהָיָ֗ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular if כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction anyone אִישׁ֮ H376 Noun - masculine singular still עוֹד֒ H5750 Adverb prophesies יִנָּבֵ֣א H5012 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular his father אָבִ֨יו H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and mother וְאִמּ֤וֹ H517 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular who bore him יֹֽלְדָיו֙ H3205 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular will say וְאָמְר֣וּ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural to him אֵ֠לָיו H413 Preposition | third person masculine singular You shall not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle remain alive תִֽחְיֶ֔ה H2421 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular because כִּ֛י H3588 Conjunction you have spoken דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular falsely שֶׁ֥קֶר H8267 Noun - masculine singular in the name בְּשֵׁ֣ם H8034 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular When he prophesies בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ׃ H5012 Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular his father אָבִ֧יהוּ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and mother וְאִמּ֛וֹ H517 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular who bore him יֹלְדָ֖יו H3205 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular will pierce him through וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ H1856 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

And וְהָיָ֣ה׀ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular on that הַה֗וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular every אִ֥ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular prophet הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural who prophesies בְּהִנָּֽבְאֹת֑וֹ H5012 Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular will be ashamed יֵבֹ֧שׁוּ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural of his vision מֵחֶזְיֹנ֖וֹ H2384 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and he will not וְלֹ֧א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle put on יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ H3847 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural a hairy שֵׂעָ֖ר H8181 Noun - masculine singular cloak אַדֶּ֥רֶת H155 Noun - feminine singular construct in order to לְמַ֥עַן H4616 Conjunction deceive כַּחֵֽשׁ׃ H3584 Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Verse 5

Original words

He will say וְאָמַ֕ר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular I אָנֹ֑כִי H595 Pronoun - first person common singular . . . אִישׁ־ H376 Noun - masculine singular am not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle a prophet נָבִ֖יא H5030 Noun - masculine singular I אָנֹ֔כִי H595 Pronoun - first person common singular work עֹבֵ֤ד H5647 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the land אֲדָמָה֙ H127 Noun - feminine singular for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction vvv אָדָ֖ם H120 Noun - masculine singular I was purchased as a servant הִקְנַ֥נִי H7069 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular in my youth מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃ H5271 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

BSB notes

  • Or I am a farmer, for the land has been my livelihood since my youth.
Verse 6

Original words

If someone asks וְאָמַ֣ר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular him אֵלָ֔יו H413 Preposition | third person masculine singular What מָ֧ה H4100 Interrogative are these הָאֵ֖לֶּה H428 Article | Pronoun - common plural wounds הַמַּכּ֛וֹת H4347 Article | Noun - feminine plural on your chest בֵּ֣ין H996 Preposition . . . יָדֶ֑יךָ H3027 Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine singular he will answer וְאָמַ֕ר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular These are אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative the wounds I received הֻכֵּ֖יתִי H5221 Verb - Hofal - Perfect - first person common singular in the house בֵּ֥ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of my friends מְאַהֲבָֽי׃ס H157 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

BSB notes

  • Literally between your hands

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