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Zechariah 13:8

It will happen in all the land, says the Lord , that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Remnant;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Refining;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Poetry;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Micah, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Israel ;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Number;   Portion;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apocalypse;   Eschatology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the whole land—
Hebrew Names Version
It shall happen that in all the land," says the LORD, Two parts in it will be cut off and die; But the third will be left in it.
King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die, but the third shall be left therein.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
In the whole land, declares the Lord , two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
New American Standard Bible
"And it will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.
New Century Version
The Lord says, "Two-thirds of the people through all the land will die. They will be gone, and one-third will be left.
Amplified Bible
"It will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "Two parts in it will be cut off and perish, But the third will be left alive.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in all the land, sayeth the Lord, two partes therein shall be cut off, and die: but the third shall be left therein.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.
Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be in all the land,"Declares Yahweh,"That two parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last;But the third will be left in it.
Berean Standard Bible
And in all the land," declares the LORD, "two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
Contemporary English Version
Nowhere in the land will more than a third of them be left alive.
Complete Jewish Bible
In time, throughout that land," says Adonai , "two-thirds of those in it will be destroyed — they will die, but one-third will remain.
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein.
Easy-to-Read Version
Two-thirds of the people in the land will be struck down and die," says the Lord , "but one-third will survive.
George Lamsa Translation
And it shall come to pass that in all the land, says the LORD, two parts therein shall perish and be destroyed; but the third shall be left therein.
Good News Translation
and throughout the land two-thirds of the people will die.
Lexham English Bible
And then in all the land," declares Yahweh, "two thirds will be cut off and perish, and one third will be left alive in it.
Literal Translation
And it shall be in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it shall be cut off and perish, but the third shall be left in it.
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Bible in Basic English
And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it shall come to passe saith the Lorde, that in all the lande two partes shalbe rooted out, but the third part shall remayne therein.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein.
English Revised Version
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.
World English Bible
It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, Two parts in it will be cut off and die; But the third will be left in it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And twei partis schulen be in ech lond, seith the Lord, and thei schulen be scaterid, and schulen faile, and the thridde part schal be left in it.
Update Bible Version
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, says Yahweh, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
And it shall come to pass in all the land," Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it:
New Living Translation
Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die," says the Lord . "But one-third will be left in the land.
New Life Bible
In the whole land," says the Lord, "two-thirds will die, but one-third will be left alive.
New Revised Standard
In the whole land, says the Lord , two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, in all the land, declareth Yahweh, Two-thirds therein, shall be cut off, and expire, - but, a third, shall be left therein;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein.
Revised Standard Version
In the whole land, says the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it shal come to passe (sayeth the LORDE) that in all the londe two partes shalbe roted out, but the thirde parte shal remayne therin.

Contextual Overview

7 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones. 8 It will happen in all the land, says the Lord , that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it. 9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, ‘These are my people,' and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two: Zechariah 11:6-9, Deuteronomy 28:49-68, Isaiah 65:12-15, Isaiah 66:4-6, Isaiah 66:24, Ezekiel 5:2-4, Ezekiel 5:12, Daniel 9:27, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:5, Malachi 4:1-3, Matthew 3:10-12, Matthew 21:43, Matthew 21:44, Matthew 22:7, Matthew 23:35-37, Matthew 24:21, Luke 19:41-44, Luke 20:16-18, Luke 21:20-24, Luke 23:28-30, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Revelation 8:7-12, Revelation 16:19

but: Zechariah 14:1, Zechariah 14:2, Isaiah 6:13, Jeremiah 30:11, Joel 2:31, Joel 2:32, Amos 9:8, Amos 9:9, Matthew 24:22, Mark 13:20, Romans 9:27-29, Romans 11:1-5

Reciprocal: Isaiah 1:9 - a very Isaiah 24:15 - glorify Isaiah 30:17 - till ye Isaiah 48:10 - I have refined Jeremiah 42:2 - left Ezekiel 20:38 - I will purge Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Amos 9:4 - go Amos 9:10 - the sinners Zephaniah 3:12 - leave Zechariah 11:7 - I will Malachi 4:6 - lest Matthew 9:36 - as Matthew 21:41 - He will Luke 17:37 - wheresoever John 11:48 - and the Acts 15:16 - build again the tabernacle Revelation 8:9 - the third part of the creatures

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)
Genesis 13:3
And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
Genesis 13:6
But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.
Genesis 13:7
So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)
Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I'll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I'll go to the left."
Genesis 13:11
Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, "Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.
Genesis 13:17
Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you."
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Genesis 45:24
Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, "As you travel don't be overcome with fear."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the Lord,.... Either in all the land of Israel, as Kimchi interprets it; or rather in all the world, as Aben Ezra and others; for this prophecy seems to have respect, not to the calamities of the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, after the death of Christ, when a few were saved, a remnant according to the election of grace, yet so as by fire, for whose sake the days of tribulation were shortened; but to the external state of the church, and the trouble of it throughout Christendom, about the time of the destruction of antichrist:

two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; all hypocrites, formalists, and outward court worshippers; who seem as if they would be at this time two thirds of the professors of true religion; who will not be able to stand the hour of temptation that will come upon all the earth, to try the inhabitants of it; which will be the last struggle of the beast of Rome, Revelation 3:10 but will be twice dead, plucked up by the roots; will die to the profession of religion, and be cut off from the people of God, and have no more a name with them:

but the third shall be left therein; the few names in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments; the hundred forty and four thousand that will stand with Christ, and by him, on Mount Zion, being redeemed from among men, Revelation 3:4 compare with this Revelation 16:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In all the land, two parts therein shall be cut off and die - “In all the land of Israel,” says a Jewish interpreter; (Kimchi); “ - the land, in which the Good Shepherd had been slain and the sheep scattered, “that upon you.” our Lord had said, “may come all the righteous blood.” As David punished Moab, “with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive” 2 Samuel 8:2; and Ezekiel prophesied, “A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee” Ezekiel 5:12; so now, the greater part should be destroyed, but a remnant should be saved. “But the third part shall be left therein. Even so then at this present time also,” Paul says, “there is a remnant according to the election of grace” Romans 11:5. Osorius: “The third part only shall be saved from the common destruction; yet not so, that they should suppose that glory was to be obtained amid ease.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 13:8. Two parts therein shall be cut off — In the war with the Romans.

But the third shall be left — Those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ shall be preserved alive; and not one of these perished in the siege, or afterwards, by those wars.


 
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