Zechariah 13:4-9 ▼

4 And it has come to pass in that day, || The prophets are ashamed, each of his vision, in his prophesying, || And they do not put on a hairy robe to deceive.

5 And [one] has said, I am not a prophet, || A man—I am a tiller of ground, || For ground [is] my possession from my youth.

6 And [one] has said to him, || What [are] these wounds in your hands? And he has said, Because I was struck [at] home by my lovers.

7 Sword, awake against My Shepherd, || And against a hero—My Fellow,” || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, and the flock is scattered, || And I have put back My hand on the little ones.

8 And it has come to pass, || In all the land,” a declaration of YHWH, || “Two parts in it are cut off—they expire, || And the third is left in it.

9 And I have brought the third into fire, || And refined them like a refining of silver, || And have tried them like a trying of gold, || It calls in My Name, and I answer it, || I have said, It [is] My people, || And it says, YHWH [is] my God!”