Zechariah 13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Zechariah 13

1 since my youth.”

6And if anyone asks them, “What are these wounds on your chest?” the answer will be “The wounds I received in the house of my friends.”

The Shepherd Struck, the Flock Scattered

7 Isa 53.4, 5, 10; Jer 23.5, 6; 47.6; Mic 5.2, 4; Mt 26.31 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,

against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord of hosts.

“Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered;

I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8 Isa 6.13 In the whole land, says the Lord,

two-thirds shall be cut off and perish,

and one-third shall be left alive.

9 Isa 48.10; Jer 30.22; Hos 2.23; Zech 10.6; 1 Pet 1.6 And I will put this third into the fire,

refine them as one refines silver,

and test them as gold is tested.

They will call on my name,

and I will answer them.

I will say, ‘They are my people,’

and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”