1 God’s People Cleansed “On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.2 On that day” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies — “I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will banish the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.3 If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord . When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.4 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.5 He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased Or sold me as a servant since my youth.6 If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest? Lit wounds between your hands — then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.7 Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.8 In the whole land — this is the Lord ’s declaration — two-thirds Lit two-thirds in it will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.9 I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say: They are my people, and they will say: The Lord is our God.”