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Zechariah 13:2-5

King James Version (KJV)

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2. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3. And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4. And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 5. But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Zechariah 13:2-5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 13:2

Theological / Devotional

Zechariah 13:2-5

Cut off. Verses 2-5 predict the purification of the land from idols and false prophets. The abhorrence with which false prophets will be held is graphically illustrated by the invoking of a law similar to the ancient code concerning certain apostate children (Deut. 13:6-10; cf. Deut. 18:20). Israel had been especially plagued by false prophets (Jer. 23:9-40; Eze. 13:1-23). In the new economy that God proposed to establish following the first advent of the Messiah it was of especial importance that all false religious teachers be removed and their misleading declarations silenced.

False prophets and false religious teachers have since ancient times been the plague of the church of God and will continue to be till the end of time (Matt. 24:24; 2 Thess. 2:9, 10; Rev. 13:13, 14). The only security against their delusive teachings is to have the mind thoroughly fortified with the truths of the Bible (see on Eze. 22:25).

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