Zechariah 13  Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

God’s People Cleansed

13 ‘On that day a fountain^(A) will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.^{(B) 2} On that day’ – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies – ‘I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered.^(C) I will banish the prophets^[a] and the unclean spirit from the land. ³ 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 a lie in the name of the Lord.” When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.^{(D) 4} On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak^(E) in order to deceive. ⁵ He will say, “I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased^[b] me as a servant since my youth.”^{(F) 6} If someone asks him, “What are these wounds^(G) on your chest?”^[c] – then he will answer, “I received the wounds in the house of my friends.”