Zechariah 13

Cleansing From Sin

13“On that day a fountain^y will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse^z them from sin and impurity.

²“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols^a from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”^b declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets^c and the spirit of impurity from the land. ³And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies^d in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.^e

⁴“On that day every prophet will be ashamed^f of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment^g of hair^h in order to deceive.^{i 5}Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.^a’^{j 6}If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body^b?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

⁷“Awake, sword,^k against my shepherd,^l

against the man who is close to me!”

declares the Lord Almighty.

“Strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered,^m

and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

⁸In the whole land,” declares the Lord,

“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;

yet one-third will be left in it.ⁿ

⁹This third I will put into the fire;^o

I will refine them like silver^p

and test them like gold.^q

They will call^r on my name^s

and I will answer^t them;

I will say, ‘They are my people,’^u

and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.^v’ ”