2.
The divine provision and the sovereign preparation for the household salvation of Israel
13:1-9
a.
The divine provision of a Redeemer with His redemption
vv. 1-7
Zech. 13
:1
13:1
In that day there will be an
1opened afountain for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
bfor sin and for impurity.
Zech. 13
:2
13:2
And in that day, declares Jehovah of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass from the land.
Zech. 13
:3
13:3
And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother, who begot him, will say to him, You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of Jehovah; and his father and mother, who begot him, will pierce him through when he prophesies.
Zech. 13
:4
13:4
And in that day the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; and they will not wear a
ahairy garment in order to deceive.
Zech. 13
:5
13:5
But He will say, I am
1ano prophet; I am a tiller of the ground; for a man sold Me in My youth.
Zech. 13
:6
13:6
And someone will say to Him, What are these
awounds between Your arms? And He will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of those who
1love Me.
b.
The sovereign preparation of a people to receive the Redeemer with His redemption
vv. 7-9
Zech. 13
:7
13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the man
who is My
1Fellow,
Declares Jehovah of hosts.
aStrike the Shepherd,
That the sheep may be
bscattered;
And I will turn My hand upon the
2little ones.
Zech. 13
:8
13:8
And in all the land, declares Jehovah,
1Two parts in it will be cut off
and will die,
But the third part will be left in it.
Zech. 13
:9
13:9
And I will bring the third part through
afire And
brefine them as silver is refined
And try them as gold is tried.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, They are My
cpeople,
And they will say, Jehovah is my God.
