Zechariah 13
A fountain will be opened for the cleansing of sinners in Jerusalem, and the Lord will remove idols and false prophets from the earth. Those who falsely prophesy will be punished by their own families, and true prophets will be humbled and honest about their role. The Lord will strike the shepherd, causing the sheep to scatter, but a remnant will remain and be refined through trials, ultimately calling on the Lord's name and acknowledging Him as their God.
1In that day, there will be a fountain open to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for the washing of the transgressor and of the defiled woman2And this shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts: I will disperse the names of the idols from the earth, and they will not be remembered any longer. And I will take away the false prophets and the unclean spirit from the earth3And this shall be: when any devotee will continue to prophesy, his father and his mother, who conceived him, will say to him, "You shall not live, because you have been speaking a lie in the name of the Lord." And his father and his mother, his own parents, will pierce him, when he will prophesy4And this shall be: In that day, the prophets will be confounded, each one by his own vision, when he will prophesy. Neither will they be covered with a garment of sackcloth in order to deceive5But he will say, "I am not a prophet; I am a man of agriculture. For Adam has been my example from my youth.6And they will say to him, "What are these wounds in the middle of your hands?" And he will say, "I was wounded with these in the house of those who love me.7Awake, O spear, against my shepherd and against the man that clings to me, says the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. And I will turn my hand to the little ones8And there will be in all the earth, says the Lord, two parts in it will be scattered and will pass away, and the third part will be left behind9And I will lead the third part through fire, and I will burn them just as silver is burned, and I will test them just as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will heed them. I will say, "You are my people." And they will say, "The Lord is my God.
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