Zechariah 13
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Zechariah 13:4-8

4“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive.

5Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.’

6If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8In the whole land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.

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