Zechariah 13

Getting rid of idols and false prophets

1In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

2The LORD All-Powerful says:

A wounded shepherd and scattered sheep

7The LORD All-Powerful said:[#Mt 26.31; Mk 14.27.]

My sword, wake up! Attack

my shepherd and friend.

Strike down the shepherd!

Scatter the little sheep,

and I will destroy them.

8Nowhere in the land

will more than a third of them

be left alive.

9Then I will purify them

and put them to the test,

just as gold and silver

are purified and tested.

They will pray in my name,

and I will answer them.

I will say, “You are my people,”

and they will reply,

“You, LORD , are our God!”

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Published by: British & Foreign Bible Society