New English Translation

Zechariah 13:6-8 New English Translation (NET)

6. Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’

7. “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,against the man who is my associate,”says the Lord who rules over all.Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered;I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

8. It will happen in all the land, says the Lord,that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die,but one-third will be left in it.