Zechariah Chapter 13

The Cleansing Fountain

¹ “Then a fountain will spring up for David’s house and the people in Jerusalem, a fountain for cleansing sin and impurity. ² I’ll get rid of the idols in Israel; they’ll fade from memory. I’ll remove false prophets and unclean spirits. ³ If anybody still tries to make up their own prophecy, their own parents will say, ‘You’ve lied in Yahveh’s name!’ and they’ll run them through. ⁴ People will be averse to claiming they’ve had visions; they won’t put on a prophet’s hairy robe to create impressions. ⁵ They’ll say, ‘I’m not a prophet; I plow ground because a man sold me as a slave when I was a kid.’ ⁶ If somebody asks him, ‘Where did those scars come from around your wrists?’ he’ll say, ‘From wounds at “a friend’s” house!’     Zech 13:1-6

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

         ⁷Wake up, sword, against my shepherd,

                  my associate;

            strike the shepherd,

                  scatter the sheep,

                  and turn against the lambs.

         ⁸ In the whole land, two parts will perish,

                  but the third will survive;

            ⁹ I’ll bring that third part through the fire,

                  refine them like silver,

                  purify them like gold.

      They’ll call on me, and I’ll answer.

      I’ll say, ‘They’re my people’;

             they’ll say, ‘Yahveh’s our God.’”                                                

Zech 13:7-9