Idolatry Cut Off
1 “In thatdaya fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and foruncleanness.
2 “It shall be in that day,” says theLordof hosts, “thatI willcut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also causethe prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.
3 It shall come to passthatif anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shallnot live, because you have spoken lies in the name of theLord.’ And his father and mother who begot himshall thrust him through when he prophesies.
4 “And it shall be in that daythatevery prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not weara robe of coarse hair to deceive.
5 But he will say, ‘Iamno prophet, Iama farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’
6 Andonewill say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Thosewith which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Savior
7 “Awake, O sword, againstMy Shepherd,
# Against the Manwho is My Companion,”
Says theLordof hosts.
# “Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
# Then I will turn My hand againstthe little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says theLord,
# “Thattwo-thirds in it shall be cut offanddie,
# Butone–third shall be left in it:
9 I will bring theone–thirdthrough the fire,
# Willrefine 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, ‘ThisisMy people’;
And each one will say, ‘TheLordismy God.’ ”