A Fountain Opened for Cleansing
13 1 On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 And on that day, declares the Father of heaven's armies, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more; and I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, "You must die, for you have spoken lies in the name of our Father." And his father and mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies. 4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will no longer put on a rough cloak of animal hair to deceive. 5 But he will say, "I am no prophet; I am a farmer, for the land has been my possession since my youth." 6 And if someone asks him, "What are these wounds between your hands?" he will say, "Those I received in the house of my friends." a a v6 The phrase "between your hands" is an ancient idiom for wounds visible on the front of the body.
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands close to me, declares the Father of heaven's armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones. b b v7 Jesus applied this verse to himself the night he was arrested: "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered" (Matthew 26:31; Mark 14:27). 8 And in all the land, declares our Father, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but one-third will be left alive in it. 9 And I will bring that 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 children," and they will say, "Our Father.