Zechariah 13 (New American Standard Bible)

Zechariah 13

False Prophets Ashamed

 ¹"In that day a ^(A)fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for ^(B)sin and for ^(C)impurity.

 ²"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will ^(D)cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the ^(E)prophets and the ^(F)unclean spirit from the land.

 ³"And if anyone still ^(G)prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, 'You shall ^(H)not live, for you have spoken ^(I)falsely in the name of the LORD'; and his ^(J)father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.

 ⁴"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ^(K)ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a ^(L)hairy robe in order to deceive;

 ⁵but he will say, 'I am ^(M)not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.'

 ⁶"And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds ^(N)between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
    ⁷"Awake, O ^(O)sword, against My ^(P)Shepherd,
         And against the man, My ^(Q)Associate,"
         Declares the LORD of hosts
         "^(R)Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;
         And I will ^(S)turn My hand against the little ones.
    ⁸"It will come about in all the land,"
         Declares the LORD,
         "That ^(T)two parts in it will be cut off and perish;
         But the third will be left in it.
    ⁹"And I will bring the third part through the ^(U)fire,
         Refine them as silver is refined,
         And test them as gold is tested
         They will ^(V)call on My name,
         And I will ^(W)answer them;
         I will say, 'They are ^(X)My people,'
         And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"