Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
CLEANSING OF THE JEWS FROM SIN; ABOLITION OF IDOLATRY; THE SHEPHERD SMITTEN; THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND CUT OFF, EXCEPT A THIRD PART REFINED BY TRIALS. (Zechariah 13:1-9)
Connected with the close of the twelfth chapter. The mourning penitents are here comforted.
fountain opened--It has been long opened, but then first it shall be so "to the house of David," etc. (representing all Israel) after their long and weary wanderings. Like Hagar in the wilderness they remain ignorant of the refreshment near them, until God "opens their eyes" (Genesis 21:19) [MOORE]. It is not the fountain, but their eyes that need to be opened. It shall be a "fountain" ever flowing; not a laver needing constantly to be replenished with water, such as stood between the tabernacle and altar (Exodus 30:18).
for sin . . . uncleanness--that is, judicial guilt and moral impurity. Thus justification and sanctification are implied in this verse as both flowing from the blood of Christ, not from ceremonial sacrifices (1 Corinthians 1:30; Hebrews 9:13-14; 1 John 1:7; compare Ezekiel 36:25). Sin in Hebrew is literally a missing the mark or way.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 4:2
Isaiah 4:4
Isaiah 12:3
Isaiah 27:13
Isaiah 31:7
Isaiah 48:22
Jeremiah 33:8
Ezekiel 36:37
Ezekiel 47:1
Zechariah 13:1
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 11:13
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