Z'charyah / Zechariah 13 is about false prophets. The list maker has tied not one, not two, not three, but FOUR claims that this chapter (one verse in it) is about Jesus. Why? This chapter is about false prophets and what happens to them! "And it shall come to pass on that day, says the L-rd of Hosts: I will cut off the names of the idols from the earth, and they shall no longer be mentioned. And also the prophets and the spirit of contamination I will remove from the earth." Z'charyah / Zechariah 13:2. False prophets. This is the problem with missionary "proof texts." Christians, honest G-d fearing people who want to know G-d and His truth, are lied to with verses lifted out of context and mistranslations which deceive. "And it shall come to pass, if a man still prophesies, that his father and his mother-his parents-shall say to him, "You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of the L-rd." And his father and his mother-his parents-shall thrust him through because of his prophesying. And it shall come to pass on that day that the prophets shall be ashamed, each one of his vision when he prophesies; and they will not wear a hairy mantle in order to lie." Z'charyah / Zechariah 13:3 - 4. False prophets. Not the messiah. And there is no violent death -- just the threat of a violent death to those who deceitfully practice idolatry and lure others into it by claiming to be a prophet for idolatry. The end of Z'charyah / Zechariah 1, verses 7 - 9, moves from false prophets in the messianic age to the punishment of the gentile countries who have been enemies of the Jewish people, mistreating us in exile. In these verse the shepherds represent the leaders of the non-Jewish nations to whom G-d entrusted the fate of the Jews (the flock) while we were in exile from the land of Israel. For those who harmed His people G-d will unleash the sword against them. "And it shall come to pass throughout all the land, says the L-rd, two parts of it shall be cut off. They shall perish, and the third shall remain therein. And I will bring the third in fire; and I will refine them as one refines silver, and I will test them as one tests gold. He shall call in My name, and I will respond to him. I said, "He is My people"; and he shall say, "The L-rd is my G-d." Z'charyah / Zechariah 13:8 - 9. Not about the messiah. Not about a violent death of the messiah. The last three verses in this chapter describe the punishment of the enemies of Israel (the Jewish people) as well as what will happen to the gentiles. One-third of the non-Jews will turn to G-d, and G-d will test the sincerity of these converts. Those who pass, He will call His people and they will call Him their G-d.
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