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Zechariah 13:7-9

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

7. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8. And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein. 9. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.

Zechariah 13:7-9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 13:7

Theological / Devotional

Smite the shepherd. Jesus applied these words to Himself (Matt. 26:31). The sheep were scattered when His disciples fled before He was taken to His trial and death (see Matt. 26:56; John 16:32).

Turn mine hand. This phrase may be understood either in a good sense, as in Isa. 1:25, or in a bad sense, as in Amos 1:8. In the former sense it is an assurance of comfort and protection to His “little ones,” in the latter a prediction that difficulties and distress would extend even to the meek and lowly of the flock.

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