RSV Zechariah 13 Chapter
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13:1
'On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
13:2
'And on that day, says the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more;and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.
13:3
And if any one again appears as a prophet, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD';and his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.
13:4
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies;he will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,
13:5
but he will say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil;for the land has been my possession since my youth.'
13:6
And if one asks him, What are these wounds on your back?' he will say, The wounds I received in the house of my friends.''
13:7
'Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,' says the LORD of hosts. 'Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered;I will turn my hand against the little ones.
13:8
In the whole land, says the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
13:9
And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, 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 my God.''