Zechariah 13:2

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Zechariah 13:2

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Summary

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.

I will cut

Cause

Unclean

Revelation 20:1

General references

Ezekiel 12:24

Micah 5:12

Luke 12:53

Bible References

I will cut

If it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.

You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.

so that you will not associate with these nations, these which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear by them, or serve them, or bow down to them.

The

sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;

I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

But the idols will completely vanish.

‘Thus says the Lord God,
“I will also destroy the idols
And make the images cease from

Memphis.

And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.

“I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you will have fortune-tellers no more.

“I will remove man and beast;
I will remove the birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the

ruins along with the wicked;

And I will cut off man from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

The Lord will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.

Cause

The Lord said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.’

“Therefore I will give their wives to others,
Their fields to new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.

“Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing:
The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood;
And they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like Sodom,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

because they have acted foolishly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness,” declares the Lord.’”

Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’”

“But if the prophet is prevailed upon to speak a word, it is I, the Lord, who have prevailed upon that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’
He would be spokesman to this people.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs

in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.

Unclean

“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs;

And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “

Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

General references

For there will no longer be any

false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

“I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you will have fortune-tellers no more.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”