Zechariah 13

¹On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness .

²And on that day , declares the Lord of hosts , I will cut off the names of the idols from the land , so that they shall be remembered no more . And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness .

³And if anyone again prophesies , his father and mother who bore him will say to him, You shall not live , for you speak lies in the name of the Lord. And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies .

⁴On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies . He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive ,

⁵but he will say , I am no prophet , I am a worker of the soil , for a man sold me in my youth .

⁶And if one asks him, What are these wounds on your back ? he will say , The wounds I received in the house of my friends .

⁷Awake , O sword , against my shepherd , against the man who stands next to me , declares the Lord of hosts . Strike the shepherd , and the sheep will be scattered ; I will turn my hand against the little ones .

⁸In the whole land , declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish , and one third shall be left alive .

⁹And I will put this third into the fire , and refine them as one refines silver , and test them as gold is tested . They will call upon my name , and I will answer them. I will say , They are my people ; and they will say , The Lord is my God .