Zechariah 13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

God’s People Cleansed

¹ ‘On that day a fountain  will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.

² On that day’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered.  I will banish the prophets  and the unclean spirit from the land.

³ If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, “You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

⁴ On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak  in order to deceive.

⁵ He will say, “I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased  me as a servant since my youth.”

⁶ If someone asks him, “What are these wounds  on your chest?”   #– #then he will answer, “I received the wounds in the house of my friends.”

⁷ Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

⁸ In the whole land – this is the  Lord’s declaration – two-thirds  will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.

⁹ I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “They are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is our God.” ’