Zechariah 13:2

“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.”

Zechariah 13:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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