Zechariah 13:7-9

Living Bible

⁷ “Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, the man who is my associate and equal,” says the Lord Almighty. “Strike down the Shepherd and the sheep will scatter, but I will come back and comfort and care for the lambs. ⁸ Two-thirds of all the nation of Israel will be cut off and die,^[a] but a third will be left in the land. ⁹ I will bring the third that remain through the fire and make them pure, as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call upon my name and I will hear them; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”