Zechariah 13:1

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

In Context

2And 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 the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, his issue is unclean.

Job 9:30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Psalms 51:7(51-9) Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Ezekiel 36:17'Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings; their way before Me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

Ezekiel 36:29And I will save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and 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 →

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