3. If anyone continues to prophesy, his own father and mother will tell him, ‘You must die, for you have prophesied lies in the name of the lord.’ And as he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him.
4. “On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet’s clothes.
5. He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’
6. And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?’ he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’
7. “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,the man who is my partner,”says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.“Strike down the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn against the lambs.
8. Two-thirds of the people in the landwill be cut off and die,” says the lord.“But one-third will be left in the land.
9. I will bring that group through the fireand make them pure.I will refine them like silverand purify them like gold.They will call on my name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘These are my people,’and they will say, ‘The lord is our God.’”