Zechariah 8:8

8:8 And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, 1  in truth and righteousness.’

Zechariah 10:9

10:9 Though I scatter 2  them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return.

Zechariah 11:8

11:8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, 3  for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

Zechariah 13:1

The Refinement of Judah

13:1 “In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty 4  of David and the people of Jerusalem 5  to cleanse them from sin and impurity. 6 

Zechariah 14:13

14:13 On that day there will be great confusion from the Lord among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently.

1 sn The affirmation They will be my people, and I will be their God speaks of covenant renewal, a restoration of the unbroken fellowship the Lord desired to have with his people but which their disloyalty had shattered. In the eschaton God and Israel will be in covenant union once again (cf. Jer 31:33).

2 tn Or “sow” (so KJV, ASV). The imagery is taken from the sowing of seed by hand.

3 sn Zechariah is only dramatizing what God had done historically (see the note on the word “cedars” in 11:1). The “one month” probably means just any short period of time in which three kings ruled in succession. Likely candidates are Elah, Zimri, Tibni (1 Kgs 16:8-20); Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem (2 Kgs 15:8-16); or Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah (2 Kgs 24:1–25:7).

4 tn Heb “house” (so NIV, NRSV), referring to dynastic descendants.

5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

6 tn Heb “for sin and for impurity.” The purpose implied here has been stated explicitly in the translation for clarity.

sn This reference to the fountain opened up…to cleanse them from sin and impurity is anticipatory of the cleansing from sin that lies at the heart of the NT gospel message (Rom 10:9-10; Titus 3:5). “In that day” throughout the passage (vv. 1, 2, 4) locates this cleansing in the eschatological (church) age (John 19:37).