Zechariah 13:1

In that day an open well shall be to the house of David, and to men dwelling at Jerusalem, into washing away of a sinful man, and of a woman defouled in unclean blood. (On that day there shall be an open well for the house of David, and for those who live in Jerusalem, to wash clean any sinful man, and any woman defiled with unclean blood.)

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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 be, in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I shall destroy the names of idols from the land, and they shall no more be thought on; and I shall take away from earth false prophets, and an unclean spirit. (And it shall be, on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I shall destroy the names of idols from off the land, and they shall no more be thought upon; and I shall take away from the land the false prophets, and the unclean spirits.)

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:2Speak ye to the sons of Israel, and say ye to them, A man that suffereth the running out of seed, shall be unclean; (Say thou to the Israelites, When a man suffereth the running out of his seed, such an issue shall be unclean;)

Job 9:30(Even) Though I am washed as with waters of snow, and (even) though mine hands shine as most clean,

Psalms 51:7Lord, sprinkle thou me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; wash thou me, and I shall be made white more than snow, (or wash thou me, and I shall be made more white than snow).

Isaiah 12:3Ye shall draw waters with joy of the wells of the saviour. (Yea, with joy, ye shall draw water from the wells of salvation.)

Ezekiel 36:17Thou, son of man, the house of Israel dwelled in their land, and they defouled it in their ways, and in their studies; by the uncleanness of a woman in rotten blood the way of them is made before me. (Thou, son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it with their ways, and with their deeds; their ways were made before me like the uncleanness of a woman in her rotten blood.)

Ezekiel 36:29And I shall save you from all your filths; and I shall call (for) wheat (or and I shall call for the corn), and I shall multiply it, and I shall not put hunger on 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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