Holy Scripture

Zechariah 13:7

A church father on this verse
“Moreover, the prophet Zechariah foretold that this same Christ would be smitten, and His disciples scattered: which also took place. For after His crucifixion, the disciples that accompanied Him were dispersed, until He rose from the dead, and persuaded them that so it had been prophesied concerning Him, that He would…”
Justin Martyr, 2th c. — Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LIII

Source: Septuagint

Original

7Awake, O sword, against my shepherds, and against the man who is my citizen, saith the Lord Almighty: smite the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring my hand upon the little ones.

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In context

5And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.

6And I will say to him, What are these wounds between thy hands? and he shall say, Those with which I was wounded in my beloved house.

— Zechariah 13:7 —

8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein.

9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon my name, and I will hear them, and say, This is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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