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World English Bible

Zechariah 13 (WEBP)

[1] “In that day there will be a fountain opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
[2] It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
[3] It will happen that when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in Yahweh’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
[4] It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,
[5] but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’
[6] One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
[7] “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
[8] It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “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 into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Zechariah 13 (KJVS)

[1] In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
[2] And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
[3] And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
[4] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
[5] but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
[6] And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
[7] Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
[8] And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
[9] And 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 shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Zechariah 13:1 Heb. separation for uncleanness
Zechariah 13:4a Heb. a garment of hair
Zechariah 13:4b Heb. to lie

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Zechariah 13 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ἔσται () πᾶς () τόπος () διανοιγόμενος () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () Δαυιδ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ, () λέγει () κύριος, () ἐξολεθρεύσω () τὰ () ὀνόματα () τῶν () εἰδώλων () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () οὐκέτι () ἔσται () αὐτῶν () μνεία· () καὶ () τοὺς () ψευδοπροφήτας () καὶ () τὸ () πνεῦμα () τὸ () ἀκάθαρτον () ἐξαρῶ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐὰν () προφητεύσῃ () ἄνθρωπος () ἔτι, () καὶ () ἐρεῖ () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἡ () μήτηρ () αὐτοῦ () οἱ () γεννήσαντες () αὐτόν () Οὐ () ζήσῃ, () ὅτι () ψευδῆ () ἐλάλησας () ἐπ’ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου· () καὶ () συμποδιοῦσιν αὐτὸν () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἡ () μήτηρ () αὐτοῦ () οἱ () γεννήσαντες () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () προφητεύειν () αὐτόν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καταισχυνθήσονται () οἱ () προφῆται, () ἕκαστος () ἐκ () τῆς () ὁράσεως () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () προφητεύειν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐνδύσονται () δέρριν τριχίνην () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐψεύσαντο. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐρεῖ () Οὔκ () εἰμι () προφήτης () ἐγώ, () διότι () ἄνθρωπος () ἐργαζόμενος () τὴν () γῆν () ἐγώ () εἰμι, () ὅτι () ἄνθρωπος () ἐγέννησέν () με () ἐκ () νεότητός () μου. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐρῶ () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Τί () αἱ () πληγαὶ () αὗται () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () χειρῶν () σου; () Καὶ () ἐρεῖ () Ἃς () ἐπλήγην () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τῷ () ἀγαπητῷ () μου. ()
[7] Ῥομφαία, () ἐξεγέρθητι () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ποιμένας () μου () καὶ () ἐπ’ () ἄνδρα () πολίτην () μου, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ· () πατάξατε () τοὺς () ποιμένας () καὶ () ἐκσπάσατε τὰ () πρόβατα, () καὶ () ἐπάξω () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ποιμένας. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () γῇ, () λέγει () κύριος, () τὰ () δύο () μέρη () ἐξολεθρευθήσεται () καὶ () ἐκλείψει, () τὸ () δὲ () τρίτον () ὑπολειφθήσεται () ἐν () αὐτῇ· ()
[9] καὶ () διάξω () τὸ () τρίτον () διὰ () πυρὸς () καὶ () πυρώσω () αὐτούς, () ὡς () πυροῦται () τὸ () ἀργύριον, () καὶ () δοκιμῶ () αὐτούς, () ὡς () δοκιμάζεται () τὸ () χρυσίον· () αὐτὸς () ἐπικαλέσεται () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου, () κἀγὼ () ἐπακούσομαι () αὐτῷ () καὶ () ἐρῶ () Λαός () μου () οὗτός () ἐστιν, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐρεῖ () Κύριος () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.