Zechariah 12:10-13:9

English Standard Version

Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰“And ^(A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(B)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(D)they shall mourn for him, ^(E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. ¹¹^(F)On that day ^(G)the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great ^(H)as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. ¹²The land shall mourn, ^(I)each family^[a] by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of ^(J)Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; ¹³the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of ^(K)the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; ¹⁴and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.

13 ^(L)“On that day there shall be ^(M)a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Idolatry Cut Off

²“And ^(N)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^(O)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^(P)they shall be remembered no more. And also ^(Q)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. ³And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(R)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

⁴“On that day ^(S)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, ⁵but he will say, ^(T)‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’^[b] ⁶And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’^[c] he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck

⁷“Awake, O sword, against ^(U)my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.

^(V)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸In the whole land, declares the Lord,
    two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
    ^(W)and one third shall be left alive.
⁹And ^(X)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
^(Y)They will call upon my name,
    and ^(Z)I will answer them.
^(AA)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”