Zechariah 13:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ Someone will say to him,
    “What are these wounds between your hands?”
        And he will say, “These happened when I was hit in my friends’ home.”

⁷ Sword, arise against my shepherd,
        against the man responsible for^[a] my community, says the Lord of heavenly forces!
Strike the shepherd in order to scatter the flock!
        I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸ Throughout all the land, says the Lord,
        two-thirds will be cut off and die;
            but one-third will be left in it.