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1 On that day, a fountain will open to cleanse the sin and impurity of David's house and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, I will eliminate the names of the idols from the land; they will no longer be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the sinful spirit from the land.
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On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more; and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.
3 If anyone again prophesies, then that person's birth father and mother will say, "You won't live, for you have told a lie in the name of the LORD." That person's own birth father and mother will stab him when he prophesies.
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And if any prophets appear again, their fathers and mothers who bore them will say to them, "You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord"; and their fathers and their mothers who bore them shall pierce them through when they prophesy.
4 On that day each of the prophets will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and won't put on a shaggy coat in order to deceive.
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On that day the prophets will be ashamed, every one, of their visions when they prophesy; they will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,
5 Each will say, "I'm not a prophet. I'm a man who works the ground, for the soil has been my occupation since I was young."
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but each of them will say, "I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil; for the land has been my possession since my youth."
6 Someone will say to him, "What are these wounds between your hands?" And he will say, "These happened when I was hit in my friends' home."
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And 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."
7 Sword, arise against my shepherd, against the man responsible for my community, says the LORD of heavenly forces! Strike the shepherd in order to scatter the flock! I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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"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 Throughout all the land, says the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and die; but one-third will be left in it.
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In the whole land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.
9 I will put the third part into the fire. I will refine them like one refines silver; I will test them like one tests gold. They will call on my name, and I will respond to them. I will say, "They are my people." And they will say, "The LORD is our God."
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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."
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