Fire. The Church was persecuted during the first centuries; but always became more pure, and the blood of martyrs increased her numbers. (Calmet) --- She faithfully adhered to God. (Haydock) --- The Jews say this will not take place at last: "but we assert that it is already accomplished." (St. Jerome)
Verse Zechariah 13:9. _I WILL BRING THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE_] The _Christian Church_ shall endure a great fight of afflictions, by which they shall be refined-not consumed. _THEY SHALL CALL O...
I WILL BRING THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE - Such is always God’s ways. “Thou hast proved us, O God; Thou hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare, Thou laidest trou...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The cleansing (Zechariah 13:1) _ 2. The blessed results of the cleansing (Zechariah 13:2) 3. The smitten Shepherd (Zechariah 13:7) 4. Salvation and condemnation ...
A short fragment, parallel partly to Zechariah 11:15 and partly to Zechariah 14. The man of the Lord's fellow ship can scarcely be anyone but a High Priest. For smite read as in Mark 14:27, I will smi...
HEAR answer. IT IS MY PEOPLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:12). App-92. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4....
_the third part_ Comp. Romans 11:5....
_The Second Section_. Zechariah 13:7 to Zechariah 14:21 The purification and final glory of Israel This Second Section of the Second Burden and conclusion of the whole Book describes the purifying c...
Zechariah 13:7-9. The purifying chastisement The smiting of the Shepherd shall lead to the dispersion of the flock, which shall not, however, be universal, Zechariah 13:7; for while two-thirds of it...
DISCOURSE: 1261 GOD’S METHOD OF DEALING WITH HIS PEOPLE Zechariah 13:9. _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: t...
AWAKE, O SWORD, &C.— The prophet here begins a prophesy concerning the suffering of Christ, and the rising church of Christians. St. Matthew, Matthew 26:31 assures us, that these words were spoken of...
EPILOGUE TO THE FIRST DAY. Zechariah 13:7-9 RV. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered...
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. IN ALL THE LAND, SAITH THE LORD, TWO PARTS THEREIN...
PURIFICATION OF JERUSALEM Important results follow this great act of national sorrow. 1. The land is purged of SIN; 2A, of idols; 2B-6, of prophets, who as a class have fallen into disrepute, and who...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 13 V1 ‘In that day, a fountain will become open. (It will be) for the family of David and for everybody that lives in Jerusalem. It...
(7-9) It has been objected that “_The mention of the_ ‘_house of David_’ (Zechariah 12:7; Zechariah 13:1) is _inconsistent with the supposition of the authorship of Zechariah._” The answer is obvious,...
THE THIRD PART. — Amidst all the calamities which should overtake the land, a remnant should be saved and purified. In the light of the Gospel we may (if we retain them in their present context) under...
וְ הֵבֵאתִ֤י אֶת ־הַ שְּׁלִשִׁית֙ בָּ †...
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
A DAY OF TESTING Zechariah 13:1-9; Zechariah 14:1 This Fountain was opened, when the soldier pierced the Savior's side. But it is not enough for God to forgive; He must deal drastically with the wayw...
This, however, will be brought about when, recognizing their sin, the chosen people repent with mourning. In that day, by way of a fountain opened to them, they will be cleansed from all the things wh...
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, a...
REFLECTIONS. Reader! here is a fountain indeed opened for sin and uncleanness; Jesus hath opened it, and supplied it with his heart's blood. The grand question is, are we washed in it? Have we found...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
Zechariah proceeds further here, that when God shall cut off two parts of the people, he will yet save the third for this end — that it might be proved by various kinds of trials, and be made to bear...
In chapter 13 all is cleansed. The fountain is open to the house of David, whose sin had ruined the people, without abrogating the rights or weakening the grace of God; and also to the people of Jerus...
AND I WILL BRING THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE,.... Into tribulation, as the Targum explains it; or into great distresses, comparable to fire, as Kimchi observes; this is the hour of temptation that...
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] m...
_Awake, O sword, against my shepherd_ Here “the prophet goes back to the great subject of prophecy, the Messiah, after having foretold some events posterior to his appearance; and he then proceeds to...
And I will bring the third part through the fire, the test of affliction and persecution as it soon came to the first congregation, AND WILL REFINE THEM AS SILVER IS REFINED AND WILL TRY THEM AS GOLD...
The Shepherd Smitten. With great abruptness the prophecy here takes a different turn, as the prophet sets forth the manner in which redemption was secured....
RESULTS IN GREAT BLESSING (vv. 1-4) Zechariah 13:1 is directly connected with what went before in Zechariah 12:1. Judah's repentance will find a wonderful restoring answer on the part of God. The fo...
7-9 Here is a prophecy of the sufferings of Christ. God the Father gave order to the sword of his justice to awake against his Son, when he freely made his soul an offering for sin. As God, he is cal...
I WILL BRING THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE; that part that is preserved shall be brought into afflictions, hot as fire. AND WILL REFINE THEM AS SILVER IS REFINED; these afflictions shall purify them...
Zechariah 13:9 bring H935 (H8689) one-third H7992 fire H784 refine H6884 (H8804) silver H3701 refined H6884 ...
THE RIGHTEOUS SHEPHERD WHO IS GOD'S FELLOW (ZECHARIAH 13:7). Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, Oh sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow,” says YHWH of Hosts, “smite the shepherd and...
Zechariah 13:7 I. The Person here represented as smitten by the sword of Divine justice is none other than the Messiah, the Christ. No other being but He is at once man and the fellow of Jehovah, the...
Zechariah 13:1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness._ They shall see that pardon when they have truly seen...
CONTENTS: Repentant remnant of Israel in the last days. Refined by great tribulation. «Israel again restored to God's favor. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Israel, at the end of the...
Zechariah 13:1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness._ The beasts slain without the camp, the execrated beasts, from whose ashes the waters of sprinkling were secr...
_And I will bring the third part through the fire _ TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF THE CHRISTIAN This chapter, though consisting of nine verses only, is a little Gospel. In some of the preceding verses are...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 13:7 Fearsome conflicts await the people of God, but God will intervene and usher in a day in which Jerusalem is supreme and all the world worships the true God....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 13:7.] A new turn, rather abruptly, to the Messiah, who is designated SHEPHERD] and FELLOW] lit. the man of my union, _i.e._ not a neighbour, but conjoined, closely related....
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 13:1 § 3._ This repentance will lead to purification from past defilement, and a reaction against idolatry and false prophet._ ZECHARIAH 13:1 IN THAT DAY. At the time when the...
And in that day (Zechariah 13:1) "In that day, in that day." Here it is again, "in that day," there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and u...
1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12; Acts 2:21