The Shepherd Struck
7 "Awake, O sword, against [Isa. 40:11;Heb. 13:20] my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,"
declares the Lord of hosts.
[Matt. 26:31;Mark 14:27]"Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
[ch. 14:2]and one third shall be left alive.
9 And Ps. 66:10,12;Isa. 48:10;Mal. 3:2,3;1 Pet. 1:7I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
[Ps. 50:15] They will call upon my name,
and ch. 10:6I will answer them.
ch. 8:8;See Ezek. 11:20I will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’"