“ ‘On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ⌊to cleanse them from sin and from impurity⌋.a 2 ⌊And then⌋,b on that day,’ ⌊declares⌋c Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I will banish from the land. 3 ⌊And then⌋,d if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of Yahweh!” And his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through when he prophesies. 4 ⌊And then⌋e on that day, each of the prophets will be ashamed because of his vision when he was prophesying, and they will not put on a cloak of hair in order to deceive, 5 but he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth.”f 6 And someoneg shall say to him, “What are these wounds ⌊between your arms⌋?”h and he will say, “Those I have receivedi in the house of the ones who love me.” ’ ”

The Sword Shall Strike the Shepherd

7 “O sword, awake against my shepherd,

against the man who is my associate,”

⌊declares⌋j Yahweh of hosts.

“Strike the shepherd,

so that the sheepk may be scattered,

and I will turn my hand against the small ones.

8 ⌊And then⌋l in all the land,” ⌊declares⌋m Yahweh,

“⌊two thirds⌋n will be cut off and perish,

and one third will be left aliveo in it.

9 And I will bring the remaining third into the fire,

and I will refine them like one refines silver,

and I will test them like one tests gold.

Theyp will call my name,

and I will answer them.q

I will say, ‘Theyr are my people,’

and theys will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”