1 "In that day a 1fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for 2sin and for 3impurity.
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"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will 4cutoff the names of the idols from the land, and they will nolonger be remembered; and I will alsoremove the 5prophets and the 6uncleanspirit from the land.
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"And ifanyonestill7prophesies, then his father and mother who gavebirth to him will say to him, 'You shall 8not live, for you have spoken9falsely in the name of the LORD '; and his 10father and mother who gavebirth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies.
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"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be 11ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a 12hairyrobe in order to deceive;
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but he will say, 'I am 13not a prophet; I am a tiller* of the ground, for a mansold me as a slave in my youth.'
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"And one will say to him, 'What are thesewounds14between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
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"Awake, O 15sword, against My 16Shepherd, And against the man, My 17Associate," Declares the LORD of hosts. "18Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will 19turn My handagainst the little ones.
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"It will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That 20twoparts in it will be cutoff and perish; But the third will be left in it.
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"And I will bring the thirdpart through the 21fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will 22call on My name, And I will 23answer them; I will say, 'They are 24My people,' And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.' "