Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 13:1-3

"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah 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. And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth." — Zechariah 13:1-3 (ASV)

Some critics consider that Zechariah 12:0, Zechariah 13:1–6, andZechariah 14:0 were composed in the time of Jehoiakim (around 600), or thatZechariah 14:0 was written a little later, when the confidence of victory expressed in the earlier chapters was considerably lessened on account of the more threatening position of political affairs.

To this we can only reply that, if so, the prophet was a false prophet and proclaimed Peace, peace, when there was no peace; and we, at least, are not inclined to undertake the responsibility of making such a statement concerning the author of these chapters.

We suggest that these verses should be placed between Zechariah 12:9-10.