Zechariah 13
13
1 “ ‘On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and from impurity.#Literally “for sin and for impurity” 2And then,#Literally “And it will happen” on that day,’ declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I will banish from the land. 3And then,#Literally “And it will happen” if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of Yahweh!” And his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through when he prophesies. 4And then#Literally “And it will happen” on that day, each of the prophets will be ashamed because of his vision when he was prophesying, and they will not put on a cloak of hair in order to deceive, 5but he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth.”#Other translations read “for the land has been my possession since my youth” 6And someone#Hebrew “he” shall say to him, “What are these wounds between your arms?”#Literally “between your hands”; that is, on the chest or on the back and he will say, “Those I have received#Hebrew “have been struck” in the house of the ones who love me.” ’ ”
The Sword Shall Strike the Shepherd
7“O sword, awake against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,”
declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd,
so that the sheep#Or “flock”; the Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals) may be scattered,
and I will turn my hand against the small ones.
8And then#Literally “And it will happen” in all the land,” declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh,
“two thirds#Literally “a mouth of two” will be cut off and perish,
and one third will be left alive#Hebrew “left over” in it.
9And I will bring the remaining third into the fire,
and I will refine them like one refines silver,
and I will test them like one tests gold.
They#Hebrew “He” will call my name,
and I will answer them.#Hebrew “him”
I will say, ‘They#Hebrew “He” are my people,’
and they#Hebrew “he” will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
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Zecharyah 13
13
1In Yom HaHu there shall be a makor (fountain)#13:1 See Ps 36:9 [10] opened to the Bais Dovid and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim for sin and for niddah (impurity).#13:1 i.e., used figuratively but refers especially to untouchability of women during menstruation and other kinds of uncleanness
2And in Yom HaHu it shall come to pass, saith Hashem Tzva'os, that I will cut off the shmot (names) of the atzabim (idols) out of ha'aretz, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the nevi'im and the ruach hatum'ah (unclean spirit) to pass from ha'aretz.
3And it shall come to pass, that if any shall still prophesy, then his av and his em that bore him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest sheker b'Shem Hashem; and his av and his em that bore him shall thrust him through#13:3 dakar, 12:10 when he prophesieth.
4And in Yom HaHu it shall come to pass, that the nevi'im shall be ashamed, every one of his chizzayon (vision, revelation), when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear an adderet se'ar (garment of hair, hairy mantle) to deceive;
5But he shall say, I am no navi, I am an ish oved adamah (a man who works the soil); for land I owned from my youth.
6And if one shall say unto him, What are these makkot (strokes, marks of strokes, scars, wounds) between thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the bais of my friends.
7Awake, O Cherev (sword), against My Ro'eh,#13:7 shepherd, i.e. Moshiach, see Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:23,24; 37:24 against the Gever (man) that is My Amit (fellow, intimate companion, associate), saith Hashem Tzva'os; strike the Ro'eh (shepherd), and the Tzon (sheep, flock) shall be scattered; and I will turn Mine hand upon the tzo'arim (little ones);#13:7 See Zech 11:7; Mt 26:31,56
8And it shall come to pass, that in kol ha'aretz, saith Hashem, two-thirds therein shall be cut off and die; but one-third shall remain therein.
9And I will bring the one-third through the eish, and will refine them as kesef is refined, and will test them as zahav is tested; they shall call biShmi (on My Name), and I will hear them; I will say, This is My people; and they shall say, Hashem is Elohai.
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