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"In that day a ^(a)fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for ^(b)sin and for ^(c)impurity.

"It will come about in that day," declares the Lord of hosts, "that I will ^(d)cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the ^(e)prophets and the ^(f)unclean spirit from the land.

And if anyone still ^(g)prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, ‘You shall ^(h)not live, for you have spoken ⁽ⁱ⁾falsely in the name of the Lord '; and his ^(j)father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.

Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ^(k)ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a ^(l)hairy robe in order to deceive;

but he will say, ‘I am ^(m)not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man ^[a]sold me as a slave in my youth.'

And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds ⁽ⁿ⁾between your ^[b]arms?' Then he will say, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of ^[c]my friends.'

"Awake, O ^(o)sword, against My ^(p)Shepherd, And against the man, My ^(q)Associate," Declares the Lord of hosts. "^(r)Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will ^(s)turn My hand ^[d]against the little ones.

"It will come about in all the land," Declares the Lord , "That ^(t)two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.

"And I will bring the third part through the ^(u)fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will ^(v)call on My name, And I will ^(w)answer them; I will say, ‘They are ^(x)My people,' And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.'"