| Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity. | 1"On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity. |
| 2On that day"--this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies--"I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will banish the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. | 2On that day"--this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies--"I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will banish the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. |
| 3If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the LORD. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through. | 3If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the LORD. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through. |
| 4On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. | 4On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. |
| 5He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth. | 5He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth. |
| 6If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?--then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends. | 6If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?--then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends. |
| 7Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate--this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. | 7Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate--this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. |
| 8In the whole land--this is the LORD's declaration--two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it. | 8In the whole land--this is the LORD's declaration--two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it. |
| 9I will put this third through the fire; I will 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 our God." | 9I will put this third through the fire; I will 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 our God." |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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