Zechariah 13 (NET)

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Zechariah 13:1¹“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 6:11 John 1:29 Ps 51:2 Ezek 36:25 1 John 1:7 Heb 9:13-14 1 John 5:6 Rev 7:13-14 Isa 1:16-18 Rev 1:5-6

Zechariah 13:2²And also on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will remove the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:22 Hos 2:17 Jer 23:14-15 Exod 23:13 Ezek 36:25 2 Cor 11:13-15 Ezek 30:13 Ezek 37:23 2 Pet 2:15-19 Deut 12:3

Zechariah 13:3³Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, ‘You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.’ Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 13:6-11 Deut 18:20 Ezek 14:9 Jer 23:34 2 Cor 5:16 Exod 32:27-28 Matt 10:37 Deut 33:9 Luke 14:26

Zechariah 13:4⁴“Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 3:4 Mic 3:6-7 2 Kgs 1:8 Isa 20:2 Rev 11:3 Jer 6:15 Mark 1:6 Jer 2:26 Matt 11:8-9

Zechariah 13:5⁵Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet; indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 7:14 Acts 19:17-20

Zechariah 13:6⁶Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:35 Prov 27:5-6 Ps 22:16 John 19:14-16 Rev 14:11

Zechariah 13:7⁷“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:27 Matt 26:31 John 16:32 Isa 40:11 Mark 14:50 Ezek 37:24 Jer 23:5-6 Mic 5:2 Zech 11:7 Jer 47:6

Zechariah 13:8⁸It will happen in all the land,” says the Lord, “that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 5:12 Rev 16:19 Ezek 5:2-4 Mal 4:1-3 Rev 8:7-12 1 Thess 2:15-16 Luke 23:28-30 Matt 24:21-22 Amos 9:8-9 Dan 9:27

Zechariah 13:9⁹Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 50:15 Jer 29:11-12 Acts 2:21 Isa 65:23-24 Isa 48:10 1 Pet 1:6-7 Ps 34:15-19 Ps 91:15 1 Pet 4:12 Rev 21:7

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