Zechariah 13

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An End to Idolatry

¹“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

¹“ On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David, and for those dwelling in Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.

²And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity^a from the land.

²And it will come to pass on that day, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered anymore; and also the prophets and the spirit of impurity I will make pass from the land.

³And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

³And it will come to pass, if a man prophesies still, that his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You will not live, for you have spoken deception in the name of YHWH.’ And his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through at his prophesying.

⁴And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

⁴And it will come to pass in that day, that will feel shame the prophets, each man from his vision, in his prophesying; and they will not clothe themselves with a cloak of hair in order to deceive.

⁵He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’^a

⁵And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a farmer working the land, for a man acquired me in my youth.

⁶If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’^a he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

⁶And if it is said to him, ‘What are these wounds between your hands?’ He will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

⁷Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,

against the man who is My Companion,

declares the LORD of Hosts.

Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,^a

and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

⁷O Sword, awake against My shepherd, and against a man, My companion, a declaration of YHWH of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones!

⁸And in all the land,

declares the LORD,

two-thirds will be cut off and perish,

but a third will be left in it.

⁸And it will come to pass, in all the land, a declaration of YHWH, a measure that two in it will be cut off and die, and the third will remain in it.

⁹This third I will bring through the fire;

I will refine them like silver

and test them like gold.

They will call on My name,

and I will answer them.

I will say, ‘They are My people,’

and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

⁹And I will bring the third through the fire, and I will refine them like the refining of silver, and I will test them like the testing of gold. He will call on my name, and I will answer him. I will say, ‘It is My people,’ and he will say, ‘YHWH is My God.’”