Zechariah 13:5-7

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⁵but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil; for the land has been my possession^[a] since my youth.’ ⁶And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’”

The Shepherd Struck, the Flock Scattered

⁷“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
    against the man who stands next to me,”
                says the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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Zechariah 13:5 Cn: Heb for man has caused me to possess

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