Zechariah 13:7-9

Names of God Bible

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

⁷“Arise, sword, against my shepherd,
    against the man who is my friend,” declares Yahweh Tsebaoth.
    “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.
    Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”

⁸Yahweh declares,

“Throughout the land two-thirds will be cut off and die.
    Yet, one-third will be left in it.
⁹I will bring this third of the people through the fire.
    I will refine them as silver is refined.
    I will test them as gold is tested.
    They will call on me, and I will answer them.
        I will say, ‘They are my people.’
            They will reply, ‘Yahweh is our Elohim.’”