Chapter 13
Oracles Concerning the End of False Prophecy. 1 On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to purify from sin and uncleanness.(A)
2 On that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts—I will destroy the names of the idols from the land, so that they will be mentioned no more; I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land. 3 If any still prophesy, their father and mother who bore them will say, “You will not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” Their father and mother who bore them will thrust them through when they prophesy.(B)
4 On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle to mislead,(C) 5 but each will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a tiller of the soil, for I have owned land since my youth.”(D) 6 And if anyone asks, “What are these wounds on your chest?” each will answer, “I received these wounds in the house of my friends.”(E)
The Song of the Sword
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the one who is my associate
—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
Strike the shepherd
that the sheep may be scattered;(F)
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In all the land—oracle of the Lord—
two thirds of them will be cut off and perish,
and one third will be left.
9 I will bring the one third through the fire;
I will refine them as one refines silver,(G)
and I will test them as one tests gold.
They will call upon my name, and I will answer them;(H)
I will say, “They are my people,”(I)
and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
Footnotes
- 13:1–6
- 13:1
- 13:4
- 13:6
- 13:7
Cross references
- 13:1 : Ez 36:25; 47:1; Jn 7:38.
- 13:3 : Jn 19:34.
- 13:4 : 2 Kgs 1:8; Mt 3:4.
- 13:5 : Am 7:14.
- 13:6 : 1 Kgs 18:28.
- 13:7 : Ez 34:1–8; Mt 26:31.
- 13:9 : Is 1:25; 48:10.
- 13:9 : Ps 91:15; Is 65:24.
- 13:9 : Zec 8:8; Jer 31:31.
