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Zechariah 13
New International Version

### Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain(A) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(B) them from sin and impurity.

2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(C) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(D) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(E) and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies(F) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.(G)

4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed(H) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(I) of hair(J) in order to deceive.(K) 5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[a]’(L) 6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[b]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

### The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

7 “Awake, sword,(M) against my shepherd,(N)
against the man who is close to me!”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,(O)
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(P)
9 This third I will put into the fire;(Q)
I will refine them like silver(R)
and test them like gold.(S)
They will call(T) on my name(U)
and I will answer(V) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(W)
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(X)’”

#### Footnotes

1. Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
2. Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands

#### Cross references

1. Zechariah 13:1 : Jer 17:13
2. Zechariah 13:1 : S Lev 16:30; S Ps 51:2; Heb 9:14
3. Zechariah 13:2 : S Jer 43:12; S Eze 6:6; S 36:25; S Hos 2:17
4. Zechariah 13:2 : S Mic 5:13
5. Zechariah 13:2 : 1Ki 22:22; Jer 23:14-15
6. Zechariah 13:3 : S Jer 28:16
7. Zechariah 13:3 : Dt 13:6-11; 18:20; S Ne 6:14; Jer 23:34; S Eze 14:9
8. Zechariah 13:4 : S Jer 6:15
9. Zechariah 13:4 : Mt 3:4
10. Zechariah 13:4 : S 1Ki 18:7; S Isa 20:2
11. Zechariah 13:4 : S Eze 12:24
12. Zechariah 13:5 : S Am 7:14
13. Zechariah 13:7 : S Isa 34:5; Jer 47:6
14. Zechariah 13:7 : Isa 40:11; S 53:4; Eze 37:24
15. Zechariah 13:7 : S 2Sa 17:2; Mt 26:31*; Mk 14:27*
16. Zechariah 13:8 : S Eze 5:2-4, 12; Zec 14:2
17. Zechariah 13:9 : S Isa 4:4; 33:14; Mal 3:2
18. Zechariah 13:9 : S Ps 12:6; S Da 11:35; 1Pe 1:6-7
19. Zechariah 13:9 : S Job 6:29; S Jer 6:27
20. Zechariah 13:9 : S Ps 50:15
21. Zechariah 13:9 : Ps 105:1
22. Zechariah 13:9 : S Ps 86:7; S Isa 30:19; S Zec 10:6
23. Zechariah 13:9 : S Lev 26:12; S Jer 30:22
24. Zechariah 13:9 : S Isa 44:5; S Jer 29:12; S Eze 20:38

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