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“Someone will say to him, ‘What are these injuries to your hands?’

“He will reply, ‘…what I received at my friend’s house.’

“Arise, sword, against my shepherd,
    against the mighty one who is related to me,”
        declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
“Strike the shepherd,
    the sheep will be scattered,
        and I will turn against the insignificant ones.
It will come about in all of the land,”
    declares the Lord,
“that two thirds of the people living there will die,
    but a third will survive who live there.

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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

“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.
In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands