Zechariah 13:1-6

Modern English Version

The Cleansing of God’s People

13 On that day there will be a spring opened up for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and impurity.

² And on that day, says the Lord of Hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered any more. And I will also remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit. ³ And it will be if a man again prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say, “You will not live because you speak deception in the name of the Lord.” Then when he prophesies, his father and mother will pierce him through.

⁴ On that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a robe of coarse hair in order to deceive. ⁵ But he will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a man who works the ground, for a man purchased me when I was young.” ⁶ If someone asks, “What are these wounds on your arms?” he will say, “I was struck in the house of my close friends.”