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The Scattering of the Sheep

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
    the man who is my partner,”
    says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,
    and I will turn against the lambs.
Two-thirds of the people in the land
    will be cut off and die,” says the Lord.
    “But one-third will be left in the land.
I will bring that group through the fire
    and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
    and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

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“Awake, O (A)sword, against My (B)Shepherd
And against the man, My (C)Associate,”
Declares Yahweh of hosts.
(D)Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;
And I will (E)turn My hand [a]against the little ones.
And it will be in all the land,”
Declares Yahweh,
“That (F)two parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last;
But the third will be left in it.
And I will bring the third part through the (G)fire
And refine them as silver is refined
And test them as gold is tested.
[b]They will (H)call on My name,
And I will (I)answer them;
I will say, ‘They are (J)My people,’
And they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 13:7 Or upon
  2. Zechariah 13:9 Lit He