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Zechariah 13:7-9
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.
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.
Verse Zechariah 13:7. _AWAKE, O SWORD, AGAINST MY SHEPHERD_] This is generally understood of Jesus Christ. The _sword_ is that of Divine justice, which seemed to have been long _asleep_, and should l...
AWAKE, O SWORD - So Jeremiah apostrophises the sword, “O thou sword of the Lord, when wilt thou be quiet?” Jeremiah 47:6. The prophets express what “will be,” by a command that it should be; “Make the...
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...
AWAKE, &c. This verse stands wholly unconnected, unless we regard it as looking back from the yet future glory to the time of His rejection, when Isaiah 53:5 was fillfilled. Compare Zechariah 11:16; Z...
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...
_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...
_Awake, O sword_ We have a similar apostrophe in Jeremiah 47:6. _my shepherd_ This may refer primarily to any Jewish king or ruler, for even a heathen king raised up by God to befriend His people is c...
DISCOURSE: 1260 CHRIST SMITTEN FOR OUR SINS Zechariah 13:7. _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 sha...
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...
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of host...
13:7 man (c-10) _ Adam_ , ver. 5; Geber, ver. 7. see Job 3:3 ....
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...
MY SHEPHERD. — Unless we are to consider that these verses ought to be transferred to the end of Zechariah 11 (see Notes there), we must take this expression as a title of honour. FELLOW. — This word,...
(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,...
חֶ֗רֶב עוּרִ֤י עַל ־רֹעִי֙ וְ עַל ־גֶּ֣בֶר
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...
7. THE REJECTION AND MURDER OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 13:7 There follows now, in the rest of chapter 11, a longer oracle, to which Ewald and most critics after him have suitably...
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...
Awake, O sword, against my (i) 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 my hand upon the little...
Sword. This address rouses attention. (Calmet) --- The sword implies all the torments which Christ endured. (Worthington) --- He explains this of himself; only instead of strike, he says I will strike...
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 one...
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...
It was pleasant and delightful to hear what the Prophet said at the beginning of the chapter, for he promised that a fountain would be opened, by which the Jews might cleanse away all their filth, and...
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...
AWAKE, O SWORD, AGAINST MY SHEPHERD,.... Not Judas Maccabeus, slain in battle by Bacchis w, as Grotius fancies; but Christ, Jehovah's Shepherd; for these are the words of Jehovah the Father, concernin...
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 o...
_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...
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...
Many words are spent by interpreters to show what they think to be the connexion of the words; it is easier to say what are the contents and design of them. It is possible they are subjoined to the fo...
Zechariah 13:7 Awake H5782 (H8798) sword H2719 Shepherd H7462 (H8802) Man H1397 Companion H5997 Says...
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...
_Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd _ THE SWORD OF JEHOVAH SMITING HIS SHEPHERD We have our Lord’s own authority for applying this passage to Himself. I. The description here given us of Him. In lo...
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 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:9; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 2:24;...
O sword — Afflictions, persecutions, and the cross. My shepherd — Who is my faithful shepherd, and will lay down his life for my sheep. My fellow — This speaks Christ; man with us, and God with his fa...