1 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
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On that day, says the
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On that day the prophets will be ashamed, every one, of their visions when they prophesy; they will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,
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but each of them will say, "I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil; for the land has been my possession 1 since my youth."
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And if anyone asks them, "What are these wounds on your chest?" 2 the answer will be "The wounds I received in the house of my friends."
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"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,"
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Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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In the whole land, says the
two-thirds shall be cut off and perish,
and one-third shall be left alive.
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And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
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