Zechariah 13:4-9 ▼

4 On that day the prophets will be ashamed, every one, of their visions when they prophesy; they will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,

5 but each of them 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 anyone asks them, “What are these wounds on your chest?” the answer will be “The wounds I received in the house of my friends.”

7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” 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, 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 our God.”