Zechariah 13:1

New King James Version

"In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.

Hebrew Names Version
"In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, for sin and for uncleanness.

King James Version (1611)
In that day there shalbe a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne, and for vncleannesse.

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.

English Standard Version
"On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

New American Standard Bible
"On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for defilement.

New Century Version
"At that time a fountain will be open for David's descendants and for the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them of their sin and uncleanness."

Amplified Bible
"In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the people of Jerusalem for [cleansing from] sin and impurity.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In that day there shall be a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne and for vncleannesse.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

Legacy Standard Bible
"In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

Berean Standard Bible
On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

Contemporary English Version
In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

Complete Jewish Bible
When that day comes, a spring will be opened up for the house of David and the people living in Yerushalayim to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
But at that time a new spring of water will be opened for David's family and for the other people living in Jerusalem. That fountain will be to wash away their sins and to make the people pure.

George Lamsa Translation
ON that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sprinkling and for cleansing.

Good News Translation
"When that time comes," says the Lord Almighty, "a fountain will be opened to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.

Lexham English Bible
"‘On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and from impurity.

Literal Translation
In that day a fountain shall be opened to the house of David and to those living in Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

American Standard 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.

Bible in Basic English
In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In that time shall the house of Dauid and the citezins of Hierusalem haue an open wel to washe of sinne and vncleannesse.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In that day every place shall be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for removal and for separation.

English Revised 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.

World English Bible
"In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In that dai an open welle schal be to the hous of Dauid, and to men dwellynge at Jerusalem, in to waischyng a wey of a synful man, and of womman defoulid in vnclene blood.

Update Bible 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New English Translation
"In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

New Living Translation
"On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.

New Life Bible
"On that day a well of water will be opened for the family of David and for the people of Jerusalem to make them clean from their sin.

New Revised Standard
On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In that day, there shall be an opened fountain, for the house of David, and for the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, - for sin and for uncleanness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclean woman.

Revised Standard Version
"On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Young's Literal Translation
In that day there is a fountain opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For sin and for impurity.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In that tyme shall the house off Dauid and the citesyns off Ierusalem haue an open well, to wash of synne and vnclennesse.

THE MESSAGE
"On the Big Day, a fountain will be opened for the family of David and all the leaders of Jerusalem for washing away their sins, for scrubbing their stained and soiled lives clean.

Contextual Overview

¹ "In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. ² "It shall be in that day," says the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. ³ It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.' And his father and mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesies. ⁴ "And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive. ⁵ But he will say, "I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.' ⁶ And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' [fn] Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Zechariah 12:3, Zechariah 12:8, Zechariah 12:11

a fountain: Job 9:30, Job 9:31, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7, Isaiah 1:16-18, Ezekiel 36:25, John 1:29, John 19:34, John 19:35, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Ephesians 5:25-27, Titus 3:5-7, Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 9:14, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 5:6, 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 7:13, Revelation 7:14

the house: Zechariah 12:7, Zechariah 12:10

uncleanness: Heb. separation for uncleanness, Leviticus 15:2-33, Numbers 19:9-22, Ezekiel 36:17, Ezekiel 36:29

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:18 - a laver Exodus 38:8 - the laver Exodus 40:7 - General Leviticus 8:6 - washed Leviticus 11:25 - and be unclean Leviticus 11:36 - a fountain Leviticus 11:40 - eateth Leviticus 14:6 - dip them Leviticus 15:27 - General Leviticus 16:19 - General 1 Kings 7:38 - ten lavers 2 Kings 5:12 - better 2 Kings 5:14 - went he down 2 Chronicles 4:2 - a molten sea Job 25:4 - how can Psalms 65:3 - transgressions Proverbs 30:12 - not Isaiah 4:4 - washed away Jeremiah 33:8 - General Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Ezekiel 37:23 - shall they defile Ezekiel 47:1 - waters issued Zechariah 3:9 - remove Matthew 5:4 - General John 4:10 - living John 5:4 - was made John 13:5 - poureth John 13:8 - If Acts 2:36 - all Acts 10:43 - him Acts 13:32 - how Acts 13:38 - that Acts 26:6 - the promise Ephesians 1:7 - whom Ephesians 5:26 - with Hebrews 10:10 - we Hebrews 10:22 - our bodies 1 Peter 3:21 - the putting

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left."

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

Genesis 21:33
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

Joshua 10:40
So Joshua conquered all the land: the mountain country and the South [fn] and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 18:5
And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

1 Samuel 27:10
Then Achish would say, "Where have you made a raid today?" And David would say, "Against the southern area of Judah, or against the southern area of the Jerahmeelites, or against the southern area of the Kenites."

2 Samuel 24:7
and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In that day there shall be a fountain opened,.... Which Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand literally; but R. Moses the priest figuratively; and so the Targum, which interprets it of the doctrine of the law being open as a fountain of water; and so Abendana, who compares it with Isaiah 2:3 but rather it should be understood of the preaching of the Gospel, and the administration of Gospel ordinances; though better of Christ himself, the fountain of gardens, and of living waters, from whose pierced side, of whom mention is made as pierced in the preceding chapter Zechariah 12:10, sprung blood and water; blood for justification, remission, and cleansing, and water for sanctification: and best of all of his blood particularly, called a "fountain", not so much for the quantity of blood shed, as for its full virtue and efficacy to answer the purposes for which it was shed; it being the blood not only of man, and of an innocent man, but of the Son of God; and may be said to be "opened", because of its continued virtue to cleanse from sin; it is not sealed, but opened, and always stands open; there is no hinderance or obstruction in coming to it; not the meanness or poverty of persons, they that have no money may come to these waters; nor their sinfulness, even though they are the chief of sinners; nor their being of this and the other nation, it is exposed to all; to all that the Father has given to Christ; to all sensible sinners: though it follows,

to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; for this, as it may be literally understood of the Jews in the latter day, including their great men and common people, high and low, rich and poor; so mystically of all the family of Christ the son of David, and of all that belong to the heavenly Jerusalem, even the whole church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven:

for sin, and for uncleanness; that is, for sin, which is uncleanness; sin is an unclean thing, and has defiled all human nature, and nothing can remove the pollution of it; but the blood of Christ can remove it, and that being shed makes atonement for it, procures the pardon of it, and justifies from it in the sight of God; and being sprinkled on the conscience, removes it from that. The Targum interprets it mystically of the forgiveness of sins, paraphrasing it thus,

"I will forgive their iniquities, as they are cleansed with the water of sprinkling, and the ashes of the heifer, which is for sin.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In that day there shall be a fountain opened - Zechariah often repeats, “in that day” Zechariah 12:3-4, Zechariah 12:6, Zechariah 12:8-9, Zechariah 12:11; Zechariah 13:1-2, Zechariah 13:4; Zechariah 14:6, Zechariah 14:8, Zechariah 14:13, Zechariah 14:20, resuming his subject again and again, as a time not proximate, but fixed and known of God, of which he declared somewhat. It is “that day” which “Abraham desired to see, and saw it” John 8:56, whether by direct revelation, or in the typical sacrifice of Isaac, “and was glad:” it was “that day” which “many prophets and kings and righteous men desired to see” Matthew 13:17; Luke 10:24, and in patience waited for it,: “the” one “day of salvation” of the Gospel. He had spoken of repentance, in contemplation of Christ crucified; he now speaks of forgiveness and cleansing, of sanctification and consequent obedience. The “fountain shall be” not simply “opened,” but shall remain open. Isaiah had already prophesied of the refreshment of the Gospel. “When the poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I, the Lord, will hear them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places and fountains in the midst of the valleys” Isaiah 41:17-18; here it is added, “for sin. and for uncleanness.”

There were “divers” Hebrews 9:10 symbolical “washings” under the law; the Levites were “sprinkled with the water of purifying” Numbers 8:7, literally, “the water of taking away of sin: living waters” Numbers 19:17, put to the ashes of an heifer, were appointed as a “water for” (removing) “defilements” (Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:13, Numbers 19:20-21 bis; Numbers 31:23); “a cleansing of sin” Numbers 19:9. Now, there should be one ever-open fountain for all “the house of David.” Theodoret: “Who that fountain is, the Lord Himself teacheth through Jeremiah, ‘they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters’ Jeremiah 2:13; and in the Gospel He says, ‘If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink’ John 7:37; and ‘The water which I shall give him, is a fountain of living water, gushing up to everlasting life’ John 4:14. This was ‘open to the house of David;’ for of that kindred He took human nature. It was opened also ‘for the dwellers of Jerusalem,’ for the sprinkling of holy baptism; through which we have received remission of sins.” Cyril: “That, receiving divine and holy baptism, we are sprinkled with the Blood of Christ to the remission of sins, who can doubt?” Dionysius: “Of this fountain much was foretold by Ezekiel, ‘that a fountain should issue forth from the temple of the Lord, and ‘go down into the desert’ Ezekiel 47:1, Ezekiel 47:8-9, and ‘every soul, to whom it shall come, shall live;’ and Joel, ‘A fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and water the valley of Shillim’ Joel 3:18. Of this fountain Peter said to the Jews, when ‘pricked in the heart’ and seeking forgiveness, ‘Let everyone of you be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins’” Acts 2:37-38.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIII

After the humiliation and conversion of the Jews, foretold in

the preceding chapter, they are here promised the full pardon

of their sins, and a deliverance from idolatry and false

prophets, 1-6.

Prophecy concerning the death of the Messiah, and the

persecution of his disciples, 7.

The remaining verses may refer to those Jewish converts to

Christianity who survived the calamities which their country

suffered from the Romans, 8, 9.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIII

Verse Zechariah 13:1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened — This chapter is a continuation of the preceding, and should not have been separated from it.

A fountain — The source of mercy in Christ Jesus; perhaps referring to the death he should die, and the piercing of his side, when blood and water issued out.

To the house of David — To David's family, and such like persons as it included. See the history of David and his sons, and then learn for whom Christ shed his blood.

Inhabitants of Jerusalem — Such like persons as the Jews were in every part of their history, and in their last times, when they clamoured for the blood of Christ, and pursued him unto death! Learn from this also for whom Christ died! These were the worst of the human race; and if he died for them, none need despair. They rejected, betrayed, crucified, slew, and blasphemed Christ, and afterwards persecuted his followers. For these he died! Yes: and he tasted death for EVERY MAN.

For sin and for uncleanness. — For the removal of the guilt of sin, and for the purification of the soul from the uncleanness or pollution of sin.