Zechariah 13
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- 1On that day, a fountain will be opened for the house of David and the people of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness.
- 2"On that day," declares the LORD of Hosts, "I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land."
- 3If anyone still claims to prophesy, his own father and mother who gave him life will say to him, 'You shall not live, because you speak lies in the name of the LORD.' His own parents will thrust him through when he prophesies.
- 4On that day, the prophets will be ashamed of their visions when they have prophesied, and they will no longer wear a rough garment to deceive.
- 5But he will say, "I am not a prophet; I am a farmer, for a man taught me to care for cattle from my youth."
- 6If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds in your hands?' he will answer, 'I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
- 7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my equal, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- 8Across the whole land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
- 9"I will put that surviving third through the fire. I will refine them the way silver is refined and test them the way gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"