Zechariah 13:2-9 ▼

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 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 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 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 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.”