Zechariah 13
King James Version
13 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Zechariah 13
Lexham English Bible
13 “‘On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and from impurity.[a] 2 And then,[b] on that day,’ declares[c] Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I will banish from the land. 3 And then,[d] if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of Yahweh!” And his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through when he prophesies. 4 And then[e] on that day, each of the prophets will be ashamed because of his vision when he was prophesying, and they will not put on a cloak of hair in order to deceive, 5 but he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth.”[f] 6 And someone[g] shall say to him, “What are these wounds between your arms?”[h] and he will say, “Those I have received[i] in the house of the ones who love me.”’”
The Sword Shall Strike the Shepherd
7 “O sword, awake against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,”
declares[j] Yahweh of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd,
so that the sheep[k] may be scattered,
and I will turn my hand against the small ones.
8 And then[l] in all the land,” declares[m] Yahweh,
“two thirds[n] will be cut off and perish,
and one third will be left alive[o] in it.
9 And I will bring the remaining third into the fire,
and I will refine them like one refines silver,
and I will test them like one tests gold.
They[p] will call my name,
and I will answer them.[q]
I will say, ‘They[r] are my people,’
and they[s] will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 13:1 Literally “for sin and for impurity”
- Zechariah 13:2 Literally “And it will happen”
- Zechariah 13:2 Literally “declaration of”
- Zechariah 13:3 Literally “And it will happen”
- Zechariah 13:4 Literally “And it will happen”
- Zechariah 13:5 Other translations read “for the land has been my possession since my youth”
- Zechariah 13:6 Hebrew “he”
- Zechariah 13:6 Literally “between your hands”; that is, on the chest or on the back
- Zechariah 13:6 Hebrew “have been struck”
- Zechariah 13:7 Literally “declaration of”
- Zechariah 13:7 Or “flock”; the Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Zechariah 13:8 Literally “And it will happen”
- Zechariah 13:8 Literally “declaration of”
- Zechariah 13:8 Literally “a mouth of two”
- Zechariah 13:8 Hebrew “left over”
- Zechariah 13:9 Hebrew “He”
- Zechariah 13:9 Hebrew “him”
- Zechariah 13:9 Hebrew “He”
- Zechariah 13:9 Hebrew “he”
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