2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
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And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. …
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Behold the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world , the sin of the church; for therefore was the Son of God manifested, to take away our sin , 1 John 3:5. I. He takes away the guilt of sin by the blood of his cross (Zech. 13:1): In that day , in the gospel-day, there shall be a fountain opened , that is, provision made for the cleansing of all those from the pollutions of sin who truly repen…
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