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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 13:2

Unclean spirit. — This is the only passage in the Old Testament in which we find the expression “unclean spirit,” which is of such frequent occurrence in the New. (See on Zechariah 10:2.)

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See also Zechariah 13:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 13:2. _I WILL CUT OFF THE NAMES OF THE IDOLS_] There shall not only be no _idolatry_, but the very _names_ of the _idols_ shall be forgotten, or be held in such abhorrence that no pers...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I WILL CUT OFF THE NAMES OF THE IDOLS - This had been a fence against idolatry. To name evil is a temptation to evil. Wrong words are the parents of wrong acts. To speak of evil awakens curiosity or p...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The result of the national repentance is the removal of guilt. The figure of the fountain is perhaps suggested by Ezekiel 47. The first sign of Judah's true restoration will be the abolition of all id...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. (is] the oracle of Jehovah of hosts. See note on Zechariah 1:3 CUT OFF THE NAMES. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 26:13). App-92. SPIRIT. Heh. _ruach_. App-9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zechariah 13:1-6. Worthy fruits of Repentance The mourning for sin thus produced and exhibited (Zechariah 12:10-14) shall be the precursor of cleansing from sin, for which ample and lasting provision...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will cut off_ Forgiveness (Zechariah 13:1) is the middle term between godly sorrow (Zechariah 12:10-14) and amendment (Zechariah 13:2-6). It has been argued that the sins which are here said to be...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IDOLS— It has been urged, in proof that this prophesy was uttered before the Babylonish captivity, that idolatry and groundless pretensions to prophesy were common among the Jews at that time; which h...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IN THAT DAY (8). Zechariah 13:2-3 RV. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 an...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IDOLS] Idolatry was never rampant in Israel after the exile. Those who maintain a post-exilic date for this prophecy refer to the Maccabsean age, when Greek customs and Greek idolatry were common even...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָה֩ בַ † יֹּ֨ום הַ ה֜וּא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    9. FOUR RESULTS OF JERUSALEM'S DELIVERANCE Zechariah 12:8; Zechariah 13:1 Upon the deliverance of Jerusalem, by the help of the converted Judah, there follow four results, each introduced by the wor...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the (b) names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the (c) pr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _No more. After the Machabees, the people were free from idolatry, and magical arts were repressed, Osee ii. 16., and Ezechiel xxxvii. 22. (Calmet) --- "Idolatry and heresy are punishable by death, in...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here the Prophet mentions another effect, which would follow the repentance of the people, and which the Lord also would thereby produce. There was to be a cleansing from all the defilements of supers...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... In the latter day, at the time of the conversion of the Jews, when they shall turn to the Lord, and their sins shall be forgiven, an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will cut off the names of the idols_ I will utterly destroy idols and idolatry. The Jews were forbidden to mention the names of the heathen idols, Exodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7; and when idolatry shoul...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FRUITS OF PENITENCE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, in the great Messianic period. THAT I WILL CUT OFF THE NAMES OF THE IDOLS OUT OF THE LAND, so that the very names which had formerly bee...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 In the time mentioned at the close of the foregoing chapter, a fountain would be opened to the rulers and people of the Jews, in which to wash away their sins. Even the atoning blood of Christ, u...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THAT DAY: see MALACHI 13:1. I WILL CUT OFF THE NAMES OF THE IDOLS OUT OF THE LAND; utterly destroy idols and idolatry. SATAN FELL FROM HEAVEN LIKE LIGHTNING, as Christ tells us, when the gospel was...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 13:2 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 off H3772 (H8686) names H8034 idols...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CESSATION OF THE GUILD OF PROPHETS BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER TRUE (ZECHARIAH 13:2). Zechariah 13:2 ‘And it will happen in that day,' says YHWH of Hosts, ‘that I will cut off the names of the ido...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 13:1 I. In the words "for sin and for uncleanness" there is apparently an allusion in the former to the water used in the purification of the Levites at their consecration, and in the latter...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 12:10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 13:1 To cleanse the repentant people from their sin, God will open up a FOUNTAIN (v. Zechariah 13:1) from which will flow the run

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] This verse completes the thought of Zechariah 11:10. God not only pours out the Spirit, but provides means of purification. “The verse exhibits the two grand doctrines of the gospel—j...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 4:1; 1 John 4:2; 1 Kings 22:22; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Pete

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Cut off — I will utterly destroy idols and idolatry. The prophets — The false prophets. The unclean spirit — The devil who sets the false prophets to work....

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