God’s People Cleansed
1 “On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.(A)
2 On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets(a) and the unclean spirit from the land.
3 If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.(B)
4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak(C) in order to deceive.
5 He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased(b) me as a servant since my youth.(D)
6 If someone asks him: What are these wounds(E) on your chest?(c)—then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.
7
Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;(F)
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
8 against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;(F)
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
In the whole land—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds(d) will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.
9 this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds(d) will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.
I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
Footnotes:
a.
Zechariah 13:2: false prophets
b.
Zechariah 13:5: Or sold
c.
Zechariah 13:6: Lit wounds between your hands
d.
Zechariah 13:8: Lit two-thirds in it