Zaccaria 13:2

La Riveduta Bibbia

E in quel giorno avverrà, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti, che io sterminerò dal paese i nomi degli idoli, e non se ne farà più menzione; e i profeti pure, e gli spiriti immondi farò sparire dal paese.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
In quel giorno avverr". dice lEterno degli eserciti, "che io sterminer dal paese i nomi degli idoli, che non saranno pi ricordati; far pure scomparire dal paese i profeti e lo spirito immondo.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Ed avverrà in quel giorno, dice il Signor degli eserciti, che io sterminerò i nomi degl’idoli dal paese, ed essi non saran più ricordati; ed ancora torrò via dal paese i profeti, e lo spirito immondo.

Bible Verse Review
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I will cut: Exodus 22:13, Deuteronomy 12:3, Joshua 23:7, Psalms 16:4, Isaiah 2:18, Isaiah 2:20, Ezekiel 30:13, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 37:23, Hosea 2:17, Hosea 14:8, Micah 5:12-14, Zephaniah 1:3, Zephaniah 1:4, Zephaniah 2:11

cause: 1 Kings 22:22, Jeremiah 8:10-12, Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 23:15, Jeremiah 29:23, Ezekiel 13:12-16, Ezekiel 13:23, Ezekiel 14:9, Micah 2:11, Matthew 7:15, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Peter 2:1-3, 2 Peter 2:15-19, 1 John 4:1, 1 John 4:2, Revelation 19:20

unclean: Matthew 12:43, Luke 11:20, Revelation 16:13, Revelation 16:14, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 20:1-3

Reciprocal: Genesis 26:18 - and he Exodus 23:13 - make no mention Ruth 4:10 - the name 1 Samuel 18:10 - and he prophesied 1 Kings 18:40 - slew them there 2 Kings 11:18 - brake they 2 Kings 23:20 - he slew 2 Chronicles 23:17 - brake his altars Isaiah 17:8 - he shall Isaiah 27:9 - the groves Isaiah 30:22 - defile Jeremiah 10:11 - they Jeremiah 10:15 - in the Jeremiah 23:32 - to err Jeremiah 28:1 - the prophet Ezekiel 6:6 - your altars Ezekiel 12:24 - General Ezekiel 16:41 - and I Ezekiel 23:27 - will I Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Ezekiel 43:7 - no more Hosea 3:4 - without teraphim Hosea 4:5 - and the prophet Hosea 10:2 - break down Hosea 14:3 - neither Micah 3:6 - night Luke 12:53 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,.... In the latter day, at the time of the conversion of the Jews, when they shall turn to the Lord, and their sins shall be forgiven, and washed away in the fountain of his blood; for this refers not to the times of the Babylonish captivity, and their deliverance from that, which was now over, when idolatry ceased among that people; nor to the times of Christ, when soon after the false prophets among the Heathens, and their lying oracles, ceased, and Paganism in the Roman empire was destroyed; but to the times before mentioned, of which it is predicted by the Lord, saying,

[that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; meaning the idols of gold, silver, brass, and wood; images of the Virgin Mary, and saints departed, worshipped by the Papists, Revelation 9:20 for at this time mystical Babylon will fall, the idolatry of the church of Rome will be at an end, and will never be revived more:

and also I will cause the prophets, and the unclean spirit, to pass out of the land; by "the prophets" are meant false prophets, as the Targum explains it, even all the Popish hierarchy, pope, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, c. all that wretched body, which goes by the name of the false prophet, who at the battle of Armageddon will be taken, and with the beast cast alive into the lake of fire, Revelation 19:20 and by "the unclean spirit", or "spirits", the singular for the plural, are meant the three unclean spirits like frogs, and which are the spirits of devils, that come out of the mouth of the dragon beast, and false prophet, the Jesuits, monks, and friars these shall be no more then on the earth, after these times, Revelation 16:13. Jarchi and Kimchi interpret "the unclean spirit" of the corruption of nature; but that will not cease as long as men are in a mortal state. This prophecy is, by the ancient Jews, p applied to the times of the Messiah.

p Zohar in Gen, fol. 53. 4. & 73. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will cut off the names of the idols - This had been a fence against idolatry. To name evil is a temptation to evil. Wrong words are the parents of wrong acts. To speak of evil awakens curiosity or passion; curiosity is one of the strongest incentives to act. All public mention of terrible crimes (it has been observed) produces imitation of the specific form of crime. Hence, it was commanded, “make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth” Exodus 23:13. And Joshua names it in his dying charge to Israel, “Be ye therefore very strong to keep and to are all that is written in the book of the law of Moses - either make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them” Joshua 23:6-7. Hence, they “changed” the “names” of cities , which bare idol names. David speaks of it, as part of fealty to God. “I will, not take their names upon my lips” Psalms 16:4.

Hosea prophesies of the times of the new covenant; “I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall be no more remembered by their name” Hosea 2:17. Isaiah, “The idols he shall utterly abolish” Isaiah 2:18. Zechariah foretells their abolition with a turn of words, formed apparently on those of Hosea ; but slightly varied, because the worship of Baal, such a plague-spot in the time of Hosea, one, which continued until the year before the captivity , was gone, He implies nothing as to his own times, whether idolatry still existed. He predicts its entire abolition in the whole compass of the enlarged Judah, that is, of Christendom.

And also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land - False prophecy sets itself to meet a craving of human nature to know something of its future. False prophets there were, even in the time of Nehemiah , and those in some number, hired to prophesy against the word of God. Our Lord warns against them. “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” Matthew 7:15. “Many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many” Matthew 24:11. Many false prophets, John says, “are gone out into the world” John 4:1. False prophets attended the decline of Judaism. Such was the author of the Jewish Sibylline book, prophesying the destruction of the Romans , and fixing the mind of his people on temporal aggrandizement : false prophets were suborned by the Jewish “tyrants” and encouraged the Jews in the resistance which ruined the devoted city: , false prophets have arisen in Christianity; but, like the Phrygian women who led Tertullian astray, they “went out,” were cast out “from it, as not being of it.”

Cyril: “After that the Only Begotten Word of God appeared to us, the dull and childish toys of idolatry perished and were utterly destroyed, and with it were taken away the strange and impious devices of the false prophets, who were full of the evil, unclean spirit, and could be readily detected as laboring under a kindred disease to the idolaters. For both had one president of impiety, Satan.” Not 50 years after the Crucifixion, a pagan wrote his work, “on the failure of oracles.” The outpouring of the Holy “Spirit of grace and supplication” Zechariah 12:10, should sweep away “the unclean spirit” , (Zechariah alone anticipates the language of the New Testament) which became “a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets” 1 Kings 22:21-23 sought to them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 13:2. I will cut off the names of the idols — There shall not only be no idolatry, but the very names of the idols shall be forgotten, or be held in such abhorrence that no person shall mention them. This prophecy seems to be ancient, and to have been delivered while idolatry had prevalence in Israel and Judah.

I will cause the prophets — All false teachers.

And the unclean spirit — That which leads to impurity, the spirit of divination; the lust of the flesh, and of the eye, and the pride of life. Satan shall have neither a being in, nor power over, the hearts of sincere believers in Christ.