Zechariah 13
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Zechariah 13:4-8

4Also it will comeH1961 aboutH1961 on that dayH3117 that the prophetsH5030 will eachH376 beH954 1ashamedH954 of his visionH2384 when he prophesiesH5012, and they will not putH3847 onH3847 a 2hairyH8181 robeH155 inH4616 orderH4616 toH4616 deceiveH3584; 5but he will sayH559, ‘I am 3not a prophetH5030; I am a cultivatorH376H5647 of the groundH127, becauseH3588 a manH120 4soldH7069 me as a slave in my youthH5271.’ 6And someone will sayH559 to him, ‘WhatH4100 are theseH428 woundsH4347 5betweenH996 your 6armsH3027?’ Then he will sayH559, ‘Those with whichH834 I was woundedH5221 at the houseH1004 of 7my friendsH157.’

7“AwakeH5782, 8swordH2719, againstH5921 My 9ShepherdH7462, And againstH5921 the ManH1397, My 10AssociateH5997,” DeclaresH5002 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635. “11StrikeH5221 the ShepherdH7462 and the sheepH6629 will be scatteredH6327; And I will 12turnH7725 My handH3027 13againstH5921 the littleH6819 ones.8And it will comeH1961 aboutH1961 in allH3605 the landH776,” DeclaresH5002 the LordH3068, “That 14twoH8147 partsH6310 in it will be cutH3772 offH3772 and perishH1478; But the thirdH7992 will be leftH3498 in it.

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Notes

  1. 1. Zechariah 13:4 Jer 6:15; 8:9; Mic 3:7 ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 13:4 2 Kin 1:8; Is 20:2; Matt 3:4 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 13:5 Amos 7:14 ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 13:5 Lit caused another to buy me ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 13:6 2 Kin 9:24 ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 13:6 Lit hands ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 13:6 Lit those who love me ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 13:7 Jer 47:6; Ezek 21:3-5 ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 13:7 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:23, 24; 37:24; Mic 5:2, 4 ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 13:7 Ps 2:2; Jer 23:5, 6 ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 13:7 Is 53:4, 5, 10; Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27 ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 13:7 Is 1:25 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 13:7 Or upon ↩
  14. 14. Zechariah 13:8 Is 6:13; Ezek 5:2-4, 12 ↩

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