And it will happenוְהָיָהon that day,בַיּוֹם הַהוּאdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthat I will cut offאַכְרִיתthe namesשְׁמוֹתof the idolsהָעֲצַבִּיםfromמִןthe land,הָאָרֶץand they will notוְלֹאbe rememberedיִזָּכְרוּany more;עוֹדand alsoוְגַםthe prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםandוְthe spiritרוּחַof impurityהַטֻּמְאָהI will removeאַעֲבִירfromמִןthe land.הָאָרֶץ
Zechariah 13:2
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day, declares YHWH Tsevaot, that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered any more; and also the prophets and the spirit of impurity I will remove from the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 13:2, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- that I will cut offאַכְרִיתachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “achrit” appears- the namesשְׁמוֹתshemot
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appears- of the idolsעֲצַבִּיםatsabim
idol
Idol: an image made by human hands that is worshiped. The word comes from "shape", and it sounds like the word for "pain".
Where else “atsabim” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- be rememberedיִזָּכְרוּyizachru
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “yizachru” appears- the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of impurityטֻּמְאָהtuma
filth
The moral filth that sin leaves and that God cleans.
Where else “tuma” appears- I will removeאַעֲבִירaavir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “aavir” appears
The context
1On that day there will be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.
2 · This verse (above)
3And it will happen that if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you have spoken a lie in the name of YHWH’; and his father and his mother who begot him will pierce him when he prophesies.