God’s People Cleansed

13 “On that day a fountain s will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity. t 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. u I will remove the prophets v 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. w 4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak x in order to deceive. 5 He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased y me as a servant since my youth. z 6 If someone asks him: What are these wounds a on your chest? b—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; c

I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

8 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 I will put this third through the fire;

I will refine them as silver is refined

and test them as gold is tested. e

They will call on My name,

and I will answer them. f

I will say: They are My people,

and they will say: Yahweh is our God.” g