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"I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“And on that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, <i>that</i> I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">On that day"--this is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts--"I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, 'You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD's name.' Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, 'You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD'; and his father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet's garment of hair in order to deceive.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">On 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. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Each will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.'</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">but he will say, 'I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.'</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">But he shall say, I <i>am</i> no prophet, I <i>am</i> an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If someone asks, 'What are these wounds on your body?' they will answer, 'The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.'</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And <i>one</i> shall say unto him, What <i>are</i> these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, <i>Those</i> with which I was wounded <i>in</i> the house of my friends.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?--then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends. </span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">The Shepherd Struck, Sheep Scattered</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/13.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!" declares the LORD Almighty. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the LORD of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the man, My Associate," Declares the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man <i>that is</i> my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Sword, awake against My shepherd, against the man who is My associate-- this is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will also turn My hand against the little ones. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In the whole land," declares the LORD, "two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"It will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off <i>and</i> die; but the third shall be left therein.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">In 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. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. 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.'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"And I will bring the third part through the fire, 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 my God.'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It <i>is</i> my people: and they shall say, The LORD <i>is</i> my God.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I 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. 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