Zechariah 13:1
In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclean woman.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Leviticus 15:2Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The man that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean.
Job 9:30If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean :
Psalms 51:7For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.
Isaiah 12:3You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:
Ezekiel 36:17Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it with their ways, and with their doings: their way was before me like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman.
Ezekiel 36:29And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for corn, and will multiply it, and will lay no famine upon you.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:1
In this chapter we have, I. Some further promises relating to gospel-times. Here is a promise of the remission of sins ( ver. 1 ), of the reformation of manners ( ver. 2 ), and particularly of the convicting and silencing of false prophets, ver. 2-6 . II. A clear prediction of the sufferings of Christ and the dispersion of his disciples thereupon ( ver. 7 ), of the destruction of the greater part of the Jewish nation not long after ( ver. 8 ), and of the purifying of a remnant of them, a peculiar people to God,… Read the whole commentary →