Zechariah 13

Idolatry Cut Off

1 "In that *Acts 10:43; (Rev. 21:6, 7)day *Ps. 36:9; (Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7)a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for *Num. 19:17; Is. 4:4; Ezek. 36:25uncleanness.

2 "It shall be in that day," says the Lord of hosts, "that I will *Ex. 23:13; Hos. 2:17cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause *Jer. 23:14, 15; 2 Pet. 2:1the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. 3 It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall *Deut. 18:20; (Ezek. 14:9)not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him *Deut. 13:6–11; (Matt. 10:37)shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

4 "And it shall be in that day that*Jer. 6:15; 8:9; (Mic. 3:6, 7)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear *2 Kin. 1:8; Is. 20:2; Matt. 3:4a robe of coarse hair to deceive. 5 *Amos 7:14But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’ 6 And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Savior

7 "Awake, O sword, against *Is. 40:11; Ezek. 34:23, 24; 37:24; Mic. 5:2, 4My Shepherd,

Against the Man *(John 10:30)who is My Companion,"

Says the Lord of hosts.

*Matt. 26:31, 56, 67; Mark 14:27; 1 Pet. 5:4; Rev. 7:16, 17"Strike the Shepherd,

And the sheep will be scattered;

Then I will turn My hand against *Luke 12:32the little ones.

8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,"

Says the Lord,

"That*Is. 6:13; Ezek. 5:2, 4, 12two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,

*(Rom. 11:5)But one–third shall be left in it:

9 I will bring the one–third *Is. 48:10; Ezek. 20:38; Mal. 3:3through the fire,

Will *1 Pet. 1:6, 7refine them as silver is refined,

And test them as gold is tested.

*Ps. 50:15; Zeph. 3:9; (Zech. 12:10)They will call on My name,

And I will answer them.

*Jer. 30:22; Hos. 2:23I will say, ‘This is My people’;

And each one will say, ‘The Lordis my God.’ "