New King James Version

Zechariah 13:4-9 New King James Version (NKJV)

4. “And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.

5. But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’

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

7. “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,Against the Man who is My Companion,”Says the Lord of hosts.“Strike the Shepherd,And the sheep will be scattered;Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.

8. And it shall come to pass in all the land,”Says the Lord,“That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,But one–third shall be left in it:

9. I will bring the one–third through the fire,Will 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, ‘This is My people’;And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”