Zechariah 13:6-8

The Voice

⁶And if anyone happens to say, “How did you get these ritual wounds on your chest and back?” then the answer will come back—another deception—“Oh, I received these at my friend’s house.”

⁷This is a message of the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies.

Eternal One: Sword, begin to stir; be ready to strike My shepherd,
        to strike the man at My side.
    Strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will scatter.^[a]
        I’ll turn My hand against the little ones.
⁸    It will spread across the land:
        two of three will be cut down and perish,
    And one of three will be left to survive.