Zechariah 13

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

A fountain is opened for the house of David and Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity, while the LORD of Hosts declares the removal of idols and prophets from the land. Anyone who continues to prophesy will be pierced by his own parents for speaking falsely in the name of the LORD. Prophets will consequently feel ashamed of their visions, deny their prophetic status, and attribute their chest wounds to the house of their friends rather than prophesying with hairy cloaks. The LORD then commands the sword to strike His Shepherd and Companion, causing the sheep to scatter and two-thirds of the population in the land to perish. Finally, the remaining third of the people are brought through the fire to be refined and tested, calling upon the LORD's name as their God.

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¹“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. ²And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. ³And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through. ⁴And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. ⁵He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth. ’ ⁶If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest ?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’ ⁷Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones. ⁸And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it. ⁹This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. 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.’”

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