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Zechariah 13:3-8 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

3. If any still prophesy, their father and mother who bore them will say, “You will not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” Their father and mother who bore them will thrust them through when they prophesy.

4. On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle to mislead,

5. but each will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a tiller of the soil, for I have owned land since my youth.”

6. And if anyone asks, “What are these wounds on your chest?” each will answer, “I received these wounds in the house of my friends.”

7. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,against the one who is my associate—oracle of the Lord of hosts.Strike the shepherdthat the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8. In all the land—oracle of the Lord—two thirds of them will be cut off and perish,and one third will be left.

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