Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Consequences of pardon; not indolence, but the extirpation of sin.
names of . . . idols—Their very names were not to be mentioned; thus the Jews, instead of Mephibaal, said Mephibosheth (Bosheth meaning a contemptible thing) (Exodus 23:13; Deuteronomy 12:3; Psalms 16:4).
out of the land—Judea's two great sins, idolatry and false prophecy, have long since ceased. But these are types of all sin (for example, covetousness, Ephesians 5:5, a besetting sin of the Jews now). Idolatry, combined with the "spirit" of "Satan," is again to be incarnated in "the man of sin," who is to arise in Judea (II Thessalonians 2:3-12), and is to be "consumed with the Spirit of the Lord's mouth." Compare as to Antichrist's papal precursor, "seducing spirits . . . doctrines of devils," etc., I Timothy 4:1-3; II Peter 2:1.
the unclean spirit—Hebrew, spirit of uncleanness (compare Revelation 16:13); opposed to "the Spirit of holiness" (Romans 1:4), "spirit of error" (I John 4:6). One assuming to be divinely inspired, but in league with Satan.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 13:2:
Isaiah 2:18
Isaiah 31:7
Jeremiah 10:11
Hosea 2:16
Micah 5:13
Zechariah 13:1
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 16:13
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