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Zechariah
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“In that day there will be a fountain opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. See also: John 1:291 Corinthians 6:11Psalms 51:2It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD 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. See also: 1 Kings 22:22Jeremiah 23:14-15Hosea 2:17It will happen that when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in the LORD’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies. See also: Deuteronomy 13:6-11Deuteronomy 18:20Jeremiah 23:34It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive, See also: Micah 3:6-7Matthew 3:4Revelation 11:3but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’ See also: Amos 7:14Acts 19:17-20One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’ See also: John 18:35Proverbs 27:5-6Psalms 22:16“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says the LORD of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones. See also: Mark 14:27Matthew 26:31John 16:32It shall happen that in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. See also: Ezekiel 5:12Revelation 16:19Ezekiel 5:2-4I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’” See also: Psalms 50:15Jeremiah 29:11-12Acts 2:21
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)9 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Zechariah 13:1
Ver. 1. Fountain. In the New Testament Christ is made an open fountain by his incarnation.
John iv. 13. S. Greg. xx. in Ezec. i. 6. ep. 186. W. --- His baptism and other sacraments have the most surprising effects, to which the prophet refers more than to those waters which were brought by pipes into the temple to cleanse the victims. Ezec. xlvii. 1. C. --- The washing. Sept. "change and sprinkling."
Grabe substitutes chorismon, "separation," and marks the verse with an asterisk.
The legal impurities shall be effaced. H.
↑ 1Zechariah 13:2
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 2. No more. After the Machabees, the people were free from idolatry, and magical arts were repressed. Osee ii. 16. Ezec. xxxvii. 22. C. --- "Idolatry and heresy are punishable by death, in the law of Christ." W. --- To judge in these matters belongs only to the Church. H.
↑ 2Zechariah 13:3
Ver. 3. Not live. The law condemned those prophets to death, who attempted to lead the people into idolatry. Deut. xiii. 1. People shall be so zealous for God's honour, that the parents of the seducer shall themselves (C.) bring him to judgment. H. --- Through, or make some mark upon him, as fugitive slaves, &c.
were stigmatized. C. --- Sept. "shall shackle." H. --- These before interpreted dakar, danced, or insulted. The others have in both places, "pierced." S. Jer. ---
The person was not slain. v. 6.
↑ 3Zechariah 13:4
Ver. 4. Vision. They shall have no appearance of truth. --- Sackcloth. Heb.
"hairy skin;" adereth.
Such were used by kings. Jon. iii. 6. The people shall not be deceived by such appearances, so that these garments will not be used. The Jews have always been ready to receive impostors.
Mat. vii. 15. Yet they shall not be so frequent, or dangerous. The prophets used coarse hairy garments. 4 K. i. 8.
↑ 4Zechariah 13:5
Ver. 5. Husbandman. Worldly occupations were incompatible with the office of prophets. 3 K.
xix 20. Amos vii. 15. Mat. iv. 20. The (C.) false (H.) prophets will become so odious, that people will excuse themselves from taking up the calling. ---
Example. I am condemned like him to labour. Gen. iii. 17. Sept. "a man begot me." Heb. "taught, or bought me, (C.) or caused me to work." De Dieu.
↑ 5Zechariah 13:6
Ver. 6. Loved me. My parents marked me thus. v. 3. C. --- Some have understood this of Jesus Christ. Rupert. S. Tho. --- But the context excludes this interpretation, which would be injurious to him. C. --- The false prophet is reformed by his parents' correction, so that he applies to agriculture, and owns that he had been justly punished. S. Jer. H.
↑ 6Zechariah 13:7
Ver. 7. Sword. This address rouses attention. C. --- The sword implies all the torments which Christ endured. W. --- He explains this of himself; only instead of strike, he says I will strike, (Mat. xxvi. 31.) as the sword was directed by God. H. --- Patris voluntate percussus est. S. Jer.
--- Cleaveth. Heb. hamithi, "my amiable one;" (H.) "of the same tribe with me;"
(Aq.) "of my people." Sym. S. Jerom observes, that Sept. and Th. have read v for the last i, and render "his neighbour," or citizen. Yet some editions of the Sept. retain "my fellow-citizen." H. --- Little ones. Sept. Arab. &c. "shepherds,"
(C.) which "many ill apply to the Jewish princes." S. Jer. ---
Tsoharim means also "the little." Mic. v. 2. Christ takes care of his little flock, (Lu. xii. 32. H.) and is always one with the Father. Jo. viii. 29. and x. 30. C. --- He recalled the flying apostles, and gave them courage. W.
↑ 7Zechariah 13:8
Ver. 8. Third. The greatest part of mankind will be lost. H. --- The few Jews who embrace the faith will be absorbed in the Gentile converts, and suffered to live, though proved by persecutions, while the rest shall be exterminated. Both shall lose their name, and be styled Christians. C. --- Those who adhere to Judaism, or to paganism, cannot be saved. This is the privilege only of Christian Catholics, who live piously, and are selected by God's grace. W.
↑ 8Zechariah 13:9
Ver. 9. Fire. The Church was persecuted during the first centuries; but always became more pure, and the blood of martyrs increased her numbers. C. --- She faithfully adhered to God. H.
--- The Jews say this will not take place at last: "but we assert that it is already accomplished." S.
Jer.
↑ 9License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses