Zechariah 13:3

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. ²And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. ³And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, 'You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.' When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.⁴And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. ⁵He will say, 'I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.' ⁶If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds on your chest?' he will answer, 'These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.'

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and his: Exodus 32:27, Exodus 32:28, Deuteronomy 13:6-11, Deuteronomy 18:20, Deuteronomy 33:9, Matthew 10:37, Luke 14:26, 2 Corinthians 5:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:19 - I am Exodus 32:29 - Moses Deuteronomy 13:5 - prophet Deuteronomy 21:19 - and bring Judges 3:21 - thrust it 1 Kings 15:13 - his mother 1 Kings 18:40 - slew them there 2 Kings 11:18 - slew Mattan 2 Kings 23:20 - he slew 2 Chronicles 15:16 - he removed 2 Chronicles 23:17 - brake his altars Jeremiah 14:14 - The prophets Jeremiah 20:6 - thy friends Jeremiah 23:32 - to err Jeremiah 28:15 - The Lord Jeremiah 29:26 - and maketh Ezekiel 13:23 - ye shall see Matthew 10:21 - the brother shall Acts 13:6 - a false 2 Peter 2:1 - there were

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land to the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy,.... Or attempt to prophesy, or propagate their idolatrous religion and principles after this time, when they shall be abundantly detected and exposed:

then his father and his mother that begat him; of whom he is born, and who, as his parents, must be supposed to have the most tender regard unto him, even to these the imposture will be so flagrant, that they will not encourage him, but, on the contrary,

shall say unto him, Thou shall not live; but die, according to the law against the false prophet in Deuteronomy 18:20:

for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord; which is the very character of the followers of the man of sin, who speak lies in hypocrisy, pretending that they are of God, and carrying a show of truth; religion, and holiness, 1 Timothy 4:1:

and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth; so great will be their love to God, and to his truth, that, notwithstanding the nearness of blood, their hands will be upon him first, and either beat him, or put him to death; a son, according to the law, not being to be spared in such a case,

Deuteronomy 13:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His father and mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live - The prophet describes the zeal against false prophecy, with reference to the law against those who seduced to apostasy from God. Deuteronomy 13:6-10 : “the nearest relations were themselves to denounce any who had secretly tried to seduce them, and themselves, as the accusers, to cast the first stone at them. Cyril: “Such shall in those times be the reverence to Godward, so careful shall they be of perfect probity and laudable life, that parents themselves shall be stimulated against their children, if they should speak falsely anything from their own heart, as though God spoke by them - How true that word is, and how accredited the prophecy! This indicates clearly a great advance toward godliness, God transforming things or the better. What aforetime was held in great esteem, is now hated and accursed and held intolerable.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 13:3. When any shall yet prophesy — Falsely; such shall be the horror of such an evil, that there shall be no toleration of it. Itself, and they who practise it, shall be everywhere destroyed.