Zechariah 13
World English Bible
13 “In that day there will be a spring opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 2 It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land. 3 It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in Yahweh’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies. 4 It will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision, when he prophesies; neither will they wear a hairy mantle to deceive: 5 but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’ 6 One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,
and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh,
“two parts in it will be cut off and die;
but the third will be left in it.
9 I will bring the third part into the fire,
and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will test them like gold is tested.
They will call on my name, and I will hear them.
I will say, ‘It is my people;’
and they will say, ‘Yahweh 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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