1 " ‘On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and from impurity.Literally "for sin and for impurity"2 And then,Literally "And it will happen" on that day,’ declaresLiterally "declaration of" Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I will banish from the land. 3 And then,Literally "And it will happen" if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of Yahweh!" And his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through when he prophesies. 4 And thenLiterally "And it will happen" on that day, each of the prophets will be ashamed because of his vision when he was prophesying, and they will not put on a cloak of hair in order to deceive, 5 but he will say, "I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth."Other translations read "for the land has been my possession since my youth"6 And someoneHebrew "he" shall say to him, "What are these wounds between your arms?"Literally "between your hands"; that is, on the chest or on the back and he will say, "Those I have receivedHebrew "have been struck" in the house of the ones who love me." ’ "
The Sword Shall Strike the Shepherd
7 "O sword, awake against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,"
declaresLiterally "declaration of" Yahweh of hosts.
"Strike the shepherd,
so that the sheepOr "flock"; the Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals) may be scattered,
and I will turn my hand against the small ones.
8 And thenLiterally "And it will happen" in all the land," declaresLiterally "declaration of" Yahweh,
"two thirdsLiterally "a mouth of two" will be cut off and perish,
and one third will be left aliveHebrew "left over" in it.
9 And I will bring the remaining third into the fire,
and I will refine them like one refines silver,
and I will test them like one tests gold.
TheyHebrew "He" will call my name,
and I will answer them.Hebrew "him"
I will say, ‘TheyHebrew "He" are my people,’
and theyHebrew "he" will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ "
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