Zechariah 13:1-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s People Cleansed
13 “On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.(A) 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. I will remove the prophets[a] 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.(B) 4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak(C) in order to deceive. 5 He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased[b] me as a servant since my youth.(D) 6 If someone asks him: What are these wounds(E) on your chest?[c]—then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.
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- Zechariah 13:2 = false prophets
- Zechariah 13:5 Or sold
- Zechariah 13:6 Lit wounds between your hands
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