Zechariah 13:1

At that time it will be as though [MET] there will be a fountain from which water flows continually to cleanse the descendants [MTY] of King David and all the other people in Jerusalem from the guilt of the sins that they have committed, especially from becoming unacceptable to me by worshiping idols.

Translation for Translators

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

2The Commander of the armies of angels says, “At that time, I will prevent people from even mentioning the names of the idols in their country, and no one will remember them any more. I will also expel from the land all the people who falsely claim that they are prophets [DOU].

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:2“Tell this to the Israelis: When an infected discharge comes out of a man’s sexual organs [EUP], that fluid should not be touched.

Job 9:30If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap to get rid of my guilt,

Psalms 51:7Purify me from the guilt of my sins, and after that happens, I will be clean in my inner being; cleanse me, and then in my inner being I will be ◄whiter than snow/very clean►.

Isaiah 12:3You(pl), his people, will greatly enjoy being saved like [MET] you enjoy drinking water from a fountain.

Ezekiel 36:17“You human, when the Israeli people were living in their own land, they ◄defiled it/caused it to become unacceptable to me► by the things that they did. I considered that their behavior was disgusting, like [SIM] the rags/cloths that women use during their monthly menstrual periods.

Ezekiel 36:29I will free you from all your disgraceful behavior. I will cause your grain to be plentiful, and I will not send a famine to you again.

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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