Ob and In:
1. Internal cleansing: v.1
In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
(BKC) The terms sin and impurity can refer specifically to idolatry (cf. “impurity” in 13:2; Ezek. 7:19–20 speaks of gold being “unclean” and of idols being “detestable”), but they probably have a broader reference here to the total sinful condition of the people.
2. Externally:
A. removing all other worshipping objects or any force or channel behind them.
v.2b “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.
(BKC) He will overcome all factors that detract from His worship and all idolatry will become extinct...Associated with the extinction of idolatry will be the extinguishing of false prophecy, which includes human false prophets and the (superhuman) spirit of impurity (cf. v. 1), probably to be understood as a personal agency of evil, in contrast with the Spirit of grace, that will inspire false prophets
B. Punishment for human agents after the force behind them will be gone v.3-6
The execution done by ones' own parents, get back to the OT law of how to handle this situation v.3. (NET) Death (in this case being run … through with a sword) was the penalty required in the OT for prophesying falsely (Deut 13:6–11; 18:20–22).
C. Anyone still claim to be the human agents will be exposed v.4-6.
5 Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet; indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.
6 Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’
NET-sn These wounds on your chest. Pagan prophets were often self-lacerated (Lev 19:28; Deut 14:1; 1 Kgs 18:28) for reasons not entirely clear, so this false prophet betrays himself as such by these graphic and ineradicable marks.
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