Zechariah 13:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ Instead, he will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer—I have farmed the land all my life.’ ⁶ Then if someone asks him, ‘What are those wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘I got them at a friend's house.’”

The Command to Kill God's Shepherd

^7 (A)The Lord Almighty says, “Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd^[a] who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people