Zechariah 13

Revised Geneva Translation

13 “At that time, there shall be a fountain opened to the House of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

² “And at that time,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land. And they shall no longer be remembered. And I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart out of the land.

³ “And when any shall still prophesy, his father and his mother who begat him, shall say to him, ‘You shall not live. For you speak lies in the Name of the LORD. And his father and his mother who begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

⁴ “And at that time, every prophet shall be ashamed of his vision after he has prophesied. Nor shall they wear a hairy garment to deceive.

⁵ “But he shall say, ‘I am no Prophet. I am a farmer. For man taught me to be a herdsman from my youth up.’

⁶ “And one shall say to him, ‘What are these wounds in your hands?’ Then he shall answer, ‘Thus was I wounded in the house of my friends.’

⁷ “Arise, O sword, upon My Shepherd, and upon the Man, My Friend!” says the LORD of Hosts. “Strike the Shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered. And I will turn My Hand upon the little ones.

⁸ “And in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts of it shall be cut off and die. But a third of it shall be left.

⁹ “And I will bring that third part through the fire, and will refine them as the silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested. They shall call on My Name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is My people.’ And they shall say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”