2 “It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will acut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause bthe 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 anot live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him bshall thrust him through when he prophesies.
4 “And it shall be in that day that aevery prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear ba robe of coarse hair to deceive.
5 aBut 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 your1 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 aMy Shepherd,
Against the Man bwho is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
c“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against dthe little ones.
Against the Man bwho is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
c“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against dthe little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
“That atwo-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
bBut one–third shall be left in it:
Says the Lord,
“That atwo-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
bBut one–third shall be left in it:
9 I will bring the one–third athrough the fire,
Will brefine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
cThey will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
dI will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Will brefine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
cThey will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
dI will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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