Zechariah 13
13
Getting Rid of Idols and False Prophets
1In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.
2The Lord All-Powerful says:
When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten forever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them. 3If any such prophets ever appear again, their own parents must warn them that they will die for telling lies in my name—the name of the Lord. If those prophets don't stop speaking, their parents must then kill them with a sword.
4Those prophets will be ashamed of their so-called visions, and they won't deceive anyone by dressing like a true prophet. 5Instead, they will say, “I'm no prophet. I've been a farmer all my life.”#13.5 I've … my life: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
6And if any of them are asked why they are wounded,#13.6 wounded: Probably from slashing themselves in the worship of a false god (see 1 Kings 18.28). they will answer, “It happened at the house of some friends.”
A Wounded Shepherd and Scattered Sheep
7 #
Mt 26.31; Mk 14.27. The Lord All-Powerful said:
My sword, wake up! Attack
my shepherd and friend.
Strike down the shepherd!
Scatter the little sheep,
and I will destroy them.
8Nowhere in the land
will more than a third of them
be left alive.
9Then I will purify them
and put them to the test,
just as gold and silver
are purified and tested.
They will pray in my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, “You are my people,”
and they will reply,
“You, Lord, are our God!”
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Zechariah 13
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1 ⌞The Lord declares,⌟ “On that day a fountain will be opened for David’s family and for those who live in Jerusalem to wash away ⌞their⌟ sin and stain.
False Prophets Will Be Judged
2“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the ⌞false⌟ prophets and the unclean #13:2 “Unclean” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is not presentable to God. spirit from the land.
3“If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will say, ‘You don’t deserve to live because you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ Then his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will stab him when he prophesies.
4“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He won’t deceive people by dressing ⌞like a prophet⌟ in a coat made of hair. 5He will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I’m a farmer. I’ve owned this land since I was a child.’
6“When someone asks him, ‘What are these scars on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘I was hurt at my friend’s house.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7“Arise, sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my friend,” declares the Lord of Armies.
“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.
Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”
8The Lord declares,
“Throughout the land two-thirds will be cut off and die.
Yet, one-third will be left in it.
9I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire.
I will refine them as silver is refined.
I will test them as gold is tested.
They will call on me, and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people.’
They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
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