Zechariah 13
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Zech 13:1
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"In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.
Zech 13:2
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"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
Zech 13:3
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~"And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, `You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD'; and his father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.
Zech 13:4
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~"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;
Zech 13:5
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but he will say, `I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.'
Zech 13:6
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~"And one will say to him, `What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, `{Those} with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
Zech 13:7
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"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the man, My Associate," Declares the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Zech 13:8
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"It will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That two parts in it will be cut off {and} perish; But the third will be left in it.
Zech 13:9
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"And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, `They are My people,' And they will say, `The LORD is my God."'
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