Zechariah 13:8 References

8 "It will come about in all the land," Declares the Lord, "That atwo parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.

a Isaiah 6:13, Ezekiel 5:2-4, Ezekiel 5:12


Isaiah 6

13 "Yet there will be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an aoak Whose stump remains when it is felled. The bholy seed is its stump."

Ezekiel 5

2 "One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the adays of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will bunsheathe a sword behind them.
3 "Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes.
4 "Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 5

12 'One third of you will die by aplague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will bscatter to every wind, and I will cunsheathe a sword behind them.