Zechariah 13
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God’s People Cleansed
1“On that day a fountain # Ps 36:9; 68:26; Pr 14:27; Jr 2:13; 17:13 will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity. # Zch 3:1-10 2On that day” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts — “I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. # Ex 17:14; Dt 12:3; 25:19; 29:20; 32:26; Ps 34:16; 109:15 I will remove the prophets # = false prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. 3If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through. # Dt 13:5; 18:20; Jr 14:14-15; 23:14-16,30-31; 27:15-16; Ezk 13:2-4,9,16; Mc 3:5-6,11 4On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak # 1Kg 19:13,19; 2Kg 2:8 in order to deceive. 5He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased # Or sold me as a servant since my youth. # Am 7:14 6If someone asks him: What are these wounds # 1Kg 18:28 on your chest? # Lit wounds between your hands — then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.
7Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate —
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; # Mt 26:31; Mk 14:27
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
8In the whole land —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
two-thirds # Lit two-thirds in it will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.
9I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested. # Ps 66:10; Pr 17:3; Is 48:10; Mal 3:3
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them. # Ps 20:9; 27:7; 86:7; 102:2; Pr 1:28; Is 58:9; 65:24; Jr 33:3
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.” # Ex 6:7; Lv 26:12; Jr 7:23; 11:4; 24:7; 30:22; 31:1,33; 32:38; Ezk 11:20; 14:11; 36:28; 37:23,27; Zch 8:8; 2Co 6:16; Heb 8:10
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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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