New American Standard Bible

Zechariah 13:5-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

5. but he will say, 'I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.'

6. And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

7. "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the man, My Associate," Declares the Lord of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.

8. "It will come about in all the land," Declares the Lord, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.

9. "And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, 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 my God.'"