Zechariah 13:6-8

New Living Translation

⁷ “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
    the man who is my partner,”
    says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,
    and I will turn against the lambs.
⁸ Two-thirds of the people in the land
    will be cut off and die,” says the Lord.
    “But one-third will be left in the land.