Zechariah 13:7-9

Good News Translation

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 ⁸ and throughout the land two-thirds of the people will die. ⁹ And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”