Zechariah 13:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ “·Sword, hit the [^LAwake, Sword, against my] shepherd.
    ·Attack [^L…against] the man who is my ·friend [associate],”
    says the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts].
“·Kill [Strike] the shepherd,
    and the sheep will scatter [Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27],
    and I will ·punish [^Lturn my hand against] the little ones.”
⁸ The Lord says, “Two-thirds of the people
    through all the land will die. They will be ·gone [struck down; ^Lcut off],
    and one-third will be left.
⁹ The third that is left I will ·test with [^Lbring into the] fire,
    ·purifying [refining] them like silver,
    testing them like gold.
Then they will call on ·me [my name],
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”