Zechariah 13:8

And it shall come to pass, in all the land, declareth Yahweh, Two-thirds therein, shall be cut off, and expire,—but, a third, shall be left therein;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

In Context

7O Sword! awake against my shepherd, even against the man that is my companion, urgeth Yahweh of hosts,—Smite the shepherd, and let the flock, be scattered, Howbeit I will turn back my hand over the little ones.

9And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,—It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,—a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand;

Isaiah 65:12Therefore will I destine you to the sword, And, ye all, to the slaughter, shall bow down. Because I called and ye answered not, I spake, and ye hearkened not,—But did that which was wicked in mine eyes, And of that wherein I delighted not, ye made choice,

Isaiah 66:24Then shall they go forth and look upon the dead bodies of the men who had been trespassing against me—For, their worm, shall not die, And, their fire, shall not be quenched; So shall they become an abhorrence to all flesh.

Ezekiel 5:2A third part in the fire, shalt thou burn in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled,—and thou shalt take a third part, thou shalt smite it with the cuting instrument round about it, and a third part, shalt thou scatter to the wind, and, a sword, will I, make bare after them;

Daniel 9:27And he will confirm a covenant to the many, for one week,—but, in the middle of the week, will cause sacrifice and present to cease, and, in his stead, [shall be] the horrid abomination that astoundeth, even till, a full end, and that a decreed one, shall be poured out on him that astoundeth.

Amos 9:8Lo! the eyes of My Lord, Yahweh, are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the ground,—save only that I will not, utterly destroy, the house of Jacob, Declareth Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:8-9

Sufferings of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 500.) 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord , two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as… Read the whole commentary →

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