Zechariah 13:2

And in Yom HaHu it shall come to pass, saith Hashem Tzva'os, that I will cut off the shmot (names) of the atzabim (idols) out of ha'aretz, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the nevi'im and the ruach hatum'ah (unclean spirit) to pass from ha'aretz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

1In Yom HaHu there shall be a makor (fountain) + 13:1 See Ps 36:9 [10] opened to the Bais Dovid and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim for sin and for niddah (impurity). + 13:1 i.e., used figuratively but refers especially to untouchability of women during menstruation and other kinds of uncleanness

3And it shall come to pass, that if any shall still prophesy, then his av and his em that bore him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest sheker b'Shem Hashem; and his av and his em that bore him shall thrust him through + 13:3 dakar, 12:10 when he prophesieth.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:13And if an ish asks to borrow of his re'a, and the animal borrowed be injured, or die, the ba'al thereof being not with it, he shall surely make restitution.

Deuteronomy 12:3And ye shall overthrow their mizbechot, and break their matzeivot, and burn their Asherim with eish; and ye shall hew down peselim of their elohim, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Joshua 23:7That ye come not among these Goyim, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the shem of eloheihem, nor have to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down unto them;

Psalms 16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after other g-ds; 1 their nesakhim (drink offerings) of dahm will I not offer, 1 nor take up their shmot (names) + 16:4 of idols on my lips. 1

Isaiah 2:20In Yom Hahu a man shall cast 1 his elilei kesef, and his elilei zahav, 1 which they made each one for himself to worship, 1 to the moles and to the bats; 1

Jeremiah 23:14I have seen also in the nevi'im of Yerushalayim a horrible thing; 1 they commit ni'uf and walk in sheker; 1 they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, 1 that none doth turn back from his wickedness; 1 they are all of them unto Me as Sodom and the inhabitants thereof as Amora (Gomorrah). 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Destruction of False Prophets. ( b. c. 500.) 1 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. 2 And 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. 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy,… Read the whole commentary →

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