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Zechariah 13
Revised Standard Version
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.
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.
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.
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,
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."
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."'
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.
8 In the whole land, says the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
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."'
