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Zechariah 13 (CEV)

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¹ In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt. ² The LORD All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten forever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them. ³ If any such prophets ever appear again, their own parents must warn them that they will die for telling lies in my name--the name of the LORD. If those prophets don't stop speaking, their parents must then kill them with a sword. ⁴ Those prophets will be ashamed of their so-called visions, and they won't deceive anyone by dressing like a true prophet. ⁵ Instead, they will say, "I'm no prophet. I've been a farmer all my life." ⁶ And if any of them are asked why they are wounded, they will answer, "It happened at the house of some friends." ⁷ The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them. ⁸ Nowhere in the land will more than a third of them be left alive. ⁹ Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "You are my people," and they will reply, "You, LORD, are our God!"