Zechariah 13
Living Bible
13 “At that time a Fountain will be opened to the people of Israel and Jerusalem, a Fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement.”
2 And the Lord Almighty declares, “In that day I will get rid of every vestige of idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. All false prophets and fortune-tellers will be wiped out, 3 and if anyone begins false prophecy again, his own father and mother will slay him! ‘You must die,’ they will tell him, ‘for you are prophesying lies in the name of the Lord.’
4 “No one will be boasting then of his prophetic gift! No one will wear prophet’s clothes to try to fool the people then.
5 “‘No,’ he will say. ‘I am not a prophet; I am a farmer. The soil has been my livelihood from my earliest youth.’
6 “And if someone asks, ‘Then what are these scars on your chest and your back?’[a] he will say, ‘I got into a brawl at the home of a friend!’
7 “Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, the man who is my associate and equal,” says the Lord Almighty. “Strike down the Shepherd and the sheep will scatter, but I will come back and comfort and care for the lambs. 8 Two-thirds of all the nation of Israel will be cut off and die,[b] but a third will be left in the land. 9 I will bring the third that remain through the fire and make them pure, as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call upon my name and I will hear them; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 13:6 these scars on your chest and your back. Evidently self-inflicted cuts, as practiced by false prophets; see 1 Kings 18:28. I got into a brawl at the home of a friend, literally, “[These are] wounds I received in the house of my friends.” Some think this refers to Christ; others believe this refers to a false prophet who is lying about the reasons for his scars.
- Zechariah 13:8 Two-thirds of all the nation of Israel will be cut off and die. Something of this sort has already happened twice: 2 million Jews perished in the Roman wars, and 6 million under Hitler. Is a yet future disaster predicted here?
Zacarías 13
Reina Valera Contemporánea
13 »Cuando llegue el momento, se abrirá un manantial para que la casa de David y los habitantes de Jerusalén se purifiquen de su pecado y de su impureza.
2 »Cuando llegue ese día, borraré de la tierra los nombres de los ídolos, y nunca más serán recordados. Además, acabaré por completo con los profetas y con el espíritu de impureza.
—Palabra del Señor de los ejércitos.
3 »Sucederá entonces que, si acaso alguien llega a profetizar, su padre y su madre que lo engendraron le dirán: “No mereces vivir, porque has mentido en el nombre del Señor”; y juntos su padre y su madre le quitarán la vida por pretender ser profeta.
4 »Cuando llegue el momento, sucederá que todos los profetas se avergonzarán de sus visiones y profecías, y nunca más volverán a ponerse vestidos de piel para engañar. 5 Más bien, cada uno de ellos dirá: “Yo no soy profeta, sino labrador de la tierra. Desde mi juventud he trabajado en el campo.” 6 Y si le preguntan: “¿De qué son esas heridas en tus manos?”, aquél responderá: “Son las heridas que me hicieron mis amigos, mientras estaba en su casa.”
El pastor del Señor será herido
7 »¡Vamos, espada, ataca al pastor! ¡Ataca a mi amigo de confianza! ¡Ataca al pastor, y se dispersarán las ovejas!(A) Entonces yo descargaré mi mano sobre los corderos más pequeños.
—Palabra del Señor de los ejércitos.
8 »Sucederá entonces que en toda la tierra las dos terceras partes serán destruidas, y se perderán; pero la tercera parte quedará con vida.
—Palabra del Señor.
9 »Entonces echaré al fuego esa tercera parte, y los fundiré como se funde la plata; ¡los probaré como se prueba el oro! Ellos invocarán mi nombre, y yo les responderé con estas palabras: “Ustedes son mi pueblo”, y ellos me dirán: “El Señor es nuestro Dios.”»
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