Zechariah 13
9 verses
Zechariah continues the eschatological vision, announcing that in that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David for sin and uncleanness, cleansing the covenant people of their spiritual corruption and rebellion. The prophet declares that the Lord will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they will be remembered no more, and will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land—establishing that the renewed covenant community will be purified of false religious influences. Zechariah records a striking saying that if a man prophesies falsely, his parents will thrust him through, representing the community's determination to eliminate deception and false prophecy from its midst. The chapter shifts to include a prophecy of the suffering shepherd struck by the sword, with the sheep scattered, and two-thirds of the people cut off while one-third remains—suggesting eschatological tribulation and the survival of a faithful remnant. The prophet announces that the Lord will refine the remaining third as gold is refined, that they will call upon the Lord and He will answer them, and that they will say,
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In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
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And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
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And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
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But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
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And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
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Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
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And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
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And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: 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.
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