Zechariah 13:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no longer be remembered; and also, I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart out of the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא נְאֻ֣ם ׀ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת אַכְרִ֞ית אֶת־שְׁמ֤וֹת הָֽעֲצַבִּים֙ מִן־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹ֥א יִזָּכְר֖וּ ע֑וֹד וְגַ֧ם אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים וְאֶת־ר֥וּחַ הַטֻּמְאָ֖ה אַעֲבִ֥יר מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And hāyâ in yôm the hû' nə'um YHWH ṣəḇā'ôṯ, 'aḵrîṯ 'eṯ-šəmôṯ the hā'ăṣabbîm from hā'āreṣ and not yizzāḵərû 'ôḏ, and also 'eṯ-the nəḇî'îm and 'eṯ-rûaḥ the ṭum'â 'a'ăḇîr from hā'āreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *hāyâ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it will come to pass/and it will be
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - day
• *hû'*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine, singular - that
• *nə'um*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - declaration/utterance of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ṣəḇā'ôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural - hosts/armies
• *'aḵrîṯ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will cut off/I will destroy
• *'eṯ*: direct object marker
• *šəmôṯ*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - names of
• *hā'ăṣabbîm*: noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the idols
• *hā'āreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the land/the earth
• *yizzāḵərû*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be remembered
• *'ôḏ*: adverb - again/anymore/still
• *nəḇî'îm*: noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the prophets
• *rûaḥ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - spirit of
• *ṭum'â*: noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the uncleanness/impurity
• *'a'ăḇîr*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will cause to pass away/I will remove

Word Meanings

• *nə'um*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *'aḵrîṯ*: I will cut off/I will destroy/I will eliminate
• *hā'ăṣabbîm*: the idols/the false gods/the images
• *hā'āreṣ*: the land/the earth/the country
• *'a'ăḇîr*: I will cause to pass away/I will remove/I will expel

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. Moreover, I will eliminate the false prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And then (sayeth the LORDE off hoostes) I will destroye the names of Idols out off the londe: so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce. As for the false prophetes also and the vnclene sprete, I shall take them out of the londe:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in that day, sayth the Lord of hostes, I will cut off the names of the idoles out of the land: and they shall no more be remembred: and I will cause the prophets, and the vncleane spirit to depart out of the land.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And then saith the Lorde of hoastes, I wyll destroy the names of the idols out of the lande: so that they shal no more be put in remembraunce: As for the false prophetes also, and the vncleane spirites, I wyl take them out of the lande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I cut off the names of the idols from the land, And they are not remembered any more, And also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I cause to pass away from the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that I will have the names of the images cut off out of the land, and there will be no more memory of them: and I will send all the prophets and the unclean spirit away from the land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And also on that day,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will remove the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

Referenced Verses

• Hos 2:17 : 17 For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
• 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• Jer 23:14-15 : 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Exod 23:13 : 13 And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.
• Ezek 30:13 : 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will destroy the idols, and cause their images to cease out of Noph; there will be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
• Exod 22:13 : 13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.
• Deut 12:3 : 3 And you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall cut down the carved images of their gods, and obliterate their names from that place.
• Josh 23:7 : 7 That you do not come among these nations, those that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them:
• Ezek 37:23 : 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
• Jer 29:23 : 23 Because they have done outrageous things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.
• Ezek 13:12-16 : 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?' 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I will rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.' 16 This is concerning the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her, when there is no peace, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 13:23 : 23 Therefore you shall see no more vanity nor divine divinations; for I will deliver my people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
• Ps 16:4 : 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names on my lips.
• Isa 2:18 : 18 And the idols He shall utterly abolish.
• Isa 2:20 : 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
• Jer 8:10-12 : 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore, they shall fall among those that fall: when I punish them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
• Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green cypress tree. From me your fruit is found.
• Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
• Mic 5:12-14 : 12 And I will cut off sorceries out of your hand, and you shall have no more soothsayers. 13 Your carved images also will I cut off, and your sacred pillars from the midst of you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. 14 And I will uproot your wooden images from the midst of you; so will I destroy your cities.
• Zeph 1:3-4 : 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks along with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the land, says the LORD. 4 I will also stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests;
• Zeph 2:11 : 11 The LORD will be awesome to them: for he will starve all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
• Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
• Matt 12:43 : 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
• Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, no doubt the kingdom of God has come upon you.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• 2 Pet 2:15-19 : 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
• 1 John 4:1-2 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
• Rev 16:13-14 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of demons, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
• Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.