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Zechariah 13:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Zechariah 13:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 And if any of them are asked why they are wounded,[a] they will answer, “It happened at the house of some friends.”
A Wounded Shepherd and Scattered Sheep
7 (A) The Lord All-Powerful said:
My sword, wake up! Attack
my shepherd and friend.
Strike down the shepherd!
Scatter the little sheep,
and I will destroy them.
8 Nowhere in the land
will more than a third of them
be left alive.
Footnotes
- 13.6 wounded: Probably from slashing themselves in the worship of a false god (see 1 Kings 18.28).
Zechariah 13:6-8
New International Version
Zechariah 13:6-8
New International Version
6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[a]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 “Awake, sword,(A) against my shepherd,(B)
against the man who is close to me!”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,(C)
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(D)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands
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