 1 In that day, a fountain will be opened to the house of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 2 In that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land and they will no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 When any prophesy, his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him then, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord. Then his father and mother who gave him birth will thrust him through when he prophesies. 4 In that day, the prophets will be ashamed, each one of his vision when he prophesies. They will not wear a hairy garment to deceive. 5 But he will say, I am no prophet. I am a man, a tiller of the ground. For a man taught me to buy from my youth. 6 One will say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? He will answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of those who love me. 7 Awake sword, against my shepherd and against the man who is my companion, says the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. I will turn my hand on the little children. 8 In all the land, says the Lord, two parts in it will be cut off and die. But the third will be left in it. 9 I will bring the third part through the fire and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They will call on my name and I will answer them. I will say, It is my people. They will say, The Lord is my God.
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