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Zechariah 13

Zech. 13:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it shall come to pass, that in all the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
parts
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
therein shall be cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
and die
gava` (Hebrew #1478)
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
KJV usage: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
Pronounce: gaw-vah'
Origin: a primitive root
; but the third
shliyshiy (Hebrew #7992)
third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
KJV usage: third (part, rank, time), three (years old).
Pronounce: shel-ee-shee'
Origin: ordinal from 7969
shall be left
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
therein.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Zech. 11:6‑9• 6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah: but lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
 7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
 8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
 9Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and the rest eat every one the flesh of another. (Zech. 11:6‑9)
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Deut. 28:49‑68• 49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;
 50a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;
 51and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; for he shall not leave thee corn, new wine, or oil, offspring of thy kine, or increase of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
 52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
 53And in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
 54The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;
 55so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
 56The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,
 57because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
 58If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;
 59then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, great and persistent plagues and evil and persistent sicknesses;
 60and he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou art afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee.
 61Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
 62And ye shall be left a small company, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.
 63And it shall come to pass, that as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whereunto thou goest to possess it.
 64And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and thou shalt there serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, neither thou nor thy fathers, wood and stone.
 65And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.
 66And thy life shall hang in suspense before thee; and thou shalt be in terror day and night and shalt be afraid of thy life.
 67In the morning thou shalt say, Would that it were even! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would that it were morning! through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
 68And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy you. (Deut. 28:49‑68)
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Isa. 65:12‑15• 12I will even number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter: because I called and ye did not answer; I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did the evil in mine eyes, and [that] wherein I delight not ye chose.
 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed;
 14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; for the Lord Jehovah will slay thee, and call his servants by another name: (Isa. 65:12‑15)
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Isa. 66:4‑6,24• 4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did the evil in mine eyes, and chose [that] wherein I delight not.
 5Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word, Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified; but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
 6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
 24And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh. (Isa. 66:4‑6,24)
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Ezek. 5:2‑4,12• 2Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
 3Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
 4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
 12A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. (Ezek. 5:2‑4,12)
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Dan. 9:27• 27He shall confirm covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the wing of abominations, [there shall be] a desolator, even until the consummation, and that determined, shall be poured upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:27)
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Mal. 3:1‑2,5• 1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap:
 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:1‑2,5)
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Mal. 4:1‑3• 1For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.
 3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 4:1‑3)
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Matt. 3:10‑12• 10And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
 11I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;
 12whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Matt. 3:10‑12)
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Matt. 21:43‑44• 43Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
 44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. (Matt. 21:43‑44)
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Matt. 22:7• 7And the king was wroth and, sending his troops, destroyed those murderers and burned their city. (Matt. 22:7)
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Matt. 23:35‑37• 35so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
 36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
 37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:35‑37)
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Matt. 24:21• 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from world's beginning until now, no, nor ever shall be. (Matt. 24:21)
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Luke 19:41‑44• 41And when he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it,
 42saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes.
 43For days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall make a rampart about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side,
 44and level thee with the ground and thy children in thee; and not leave in thee stone upon stone; because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation. (Luke 19:41‑44)
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Luke 20:16‑18• 16He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!
 17But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written? The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner stone.
 18Every one falling on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall crush him to powder. (Luke 20:16‑18)
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Luke 21:20‑24• 20But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
 21Then let those who are in Judea flee unto the mountains, and those in the midst of it depart out, and those in the fields not enter into it.
 22For these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be accomplished.
 23Woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.
 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by [the] nations until [the] times of [the] nations be fulfilled. (Luke 21:20‑24)
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Luke 23:28‑30• 28And Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;
 29for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed the barren and wombs which bear not and breasts which suckled not.
 30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us, and to the hills, Cover us. (Luke 23:28‑30)
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1 Thess. 2:15‑16• 15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and [are] contrary to all men,
 16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins alway; but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. (1 Thess. 2:15‑16)
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Rev. 8:7‑12• 7And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast unto the earth; and the third of the earth was burnt up, and the third of the trees was burnt up, and all the green grass was burnt up.
 8And the second angel sounded; and as a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and the third of the sea became blood:
 9and the third of the creatures that were in the sea that had life died; and the third of the ships were destroyed.
 10And the third angel sounded; and there fell out of the heaven a great star burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the fountains of the waters.
 11And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third of the waters became wormwood; and many of the men died of the waters because they were made bitter.
 12And the fourth angel sounded; and the third of the sun was smitten and the third of the moon and the third of the stars, that the third of them might be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third thereof and the night likewise. (Rev. 8:7‑12)
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Rev. 16:19• 19And the great city became three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
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Zech. 14:1‑2• 1Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (Zech. 14:1‑2)
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Isa. 6:13• 13But yet in it [shall be] a tenth, and it shall return and be for consuming; as the terebinth and the oak, whose stock [remaineth] when cut down: the holy seed [shall be] the stock thereof. (Isa. 6:13)
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Jer. 30:11• 11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. (Jer. 30:11)
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Joel 2:31‑32• 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of Jehovah come.
 32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and in the remnant whom Jehovah shall call. (Joel 2:31‑32)
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Amos 9:8‑9• 8Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth: only that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.
 9For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh corn in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. (Amos 9:8‑9)
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Matt. 24:22• 22And except those days had been cut short, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days shall be cut short. (Matt. 24:22)
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Mark 13:20• 20And unless [the] Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. (Mark 13:20)
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Rom. 9:27‑29• 27But Esaias crieth concerning Israel, “Were the number of the sons of Israel as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved,
 28for he is completing and cutting short the matter in righteousness, because a matter cut short will [the] Lord make on the earth.”
 29And according as Esaias said before, “Unless [the] Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we had become as Sodom and been made like as Gomorrha.” (Rom. 9:27‑29)
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Rom. 11:1‑5• 1I say then, Did God thrust away his people? Let it not be; for I also am an Israelite, of Abraham's seed, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.
 2God had not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. What, know ye not what the scripture saith in Elias's [case]; how he pleadeth with God against Israel?
 3“Lord, thy prophets they slew, thy altars they digged down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life.”
 4But what saith the divine answer to him? “I left for myself seven thousand men which never bowed knee to Baal.”
 5So then in the present time also there hath been a remnant according to election of grace; (Rom. 11:1‑5)
• The accomplishment of this word, therefore, must be looked for in the future, when the Jews shall have been brought back to their land in unbelief, when God will resume His dealings with them, and when, as we know from other scriptures (Matt. 24; Rev. 13) they will be subjected to hitherto unheard of persecutions. It is then that God will deal with them on account of their sin in rejecting their Messiah, and when, as we read here, two parts “shall be cut off and die.” (“Zechariah 13” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)