Zechariah 13:“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
9 And I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested.
They will call upon my name, and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
9 And I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested.
They will call upon my name, and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
The closer we get to the end of Zechariah's prophecies, the more we see a future hope not only for Israel's restoration, but for distant hope of the Messiah. We saw yesterday that they would "look upon the one whom they had pierced." Here the Shepherd would be struck and the sheep scattered. But afterward, they would call upon the Lord, and He would answer. The relationship with God would be restored. What seems to be a bad thing results in the most wonderful hope.
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