Commentary on Zechariah, Malachi

1In that day shall a fountain be opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For expiation and for sprinkling.

2And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, That I will cut off the names of idols from the land, And they shall be remembered no more; And the prophets also and the unclean spirit Will I exterminate from the land.

3And it shall be, when prophesy yet shall any one, That say to him will his gather and his mother, Who begat him, “Thou shalt not live, For a lie hast thou spoken in Jehovah’s name;” And they shall pierce him, Even his father and his mother who begat him; Because he had prophesied.

4It shall also be in that day That ashamed shall be the prophets, Every on of his vision, when he has prophesied; And they shall not wear a hairy garment, That they may deceive:

5But he shall say, “I am not a prophet, A husbandman am I, for man has taught me To be a shepherd from my youth.”

6When one shall say to him, “Why are these wounds in thine hands?” Then he will say, “Because I have been stricken In the house of my friends.” (393)

7O sword! awake against my shepherd, And against the man, my associate, Saith Jehovah of hosts: Smite the shepherd, and scattered shall be the sheep; And I will turn my hand to the little ones.

8And it shall be in all the land, saith Jehovah, That two parts in it shall be cut off — shall die, And that the third shall remain in it:

9And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will melt them as silver is melted, And try them as gold is tried; They shall call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, “My people are the;” And they will say, “Jehovah is out God.”