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Zechariah 13

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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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 Hosts — “I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets [1] 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 falsely in the name of Yahweh. 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 [2] me as a servant since my youth. ⓓ

⁶ If someone asks him: What are these wounds ⓔ on your chest? [3] — 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 Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; ⓕ I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

⁸ In the whole land — — this is the LORD’s declaration — two-thirds [4] 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: Yahweh is our God.”

#	HCSB
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 Hosts — “I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets [1] 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 falsely in the name of Yahweh. 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 [2] me as a servant since my youth. ⓓ
6	If someone asks him: What are these wounds ⓔ on your chest? [3] — 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 Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; ⓕ I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
8	In the whole land — — this is the LORD’s declaration — two-thirds [4] 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: Yahweh is our God.”

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