Zechariah 12:9-13
New International Version
9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations(A) that attack Jerusalem.(B)
Mourning for the One They Pierced
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[a](C) of grace and supplication.(D) They will look on[b] me, the one they have pierced,(E) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,(F) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.(G) 11 On that day the weeping(H) in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.(I) 12 The land will mourn,(J) each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives.(K)
Cleansing From Sin
13 “On that day a fountain(L) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(M) them from sin and impurity.
2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(N) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(O) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(P) and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies(Q) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.(R)
4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed(S) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(T) of hair(U) in order to deceive.(V) 5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[c]’(W) 6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[d]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 “Awake, sword,(X) against my shepherd,(Y)
against the man who is close to me!”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,(Z)
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(AA)
9 This third I will put into the fire;(AB)
I will refine them like silver(AC)
and test them like gold.(AD)
They will call(AE) on my name(AF)
and I will answer(AG) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(AH)
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(AI)’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
- Zechariah 12:10 Or to
- Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
- Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands
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