3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, “You must die, because you have told lies in the Lord’s name.” Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
4 ‘On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive.
5 Each will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth. ”
6 If someone asks, “What are these wounds on your body?” they will answer, “The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.”
7 ‘Awake, sword, against my shepherd,against the man who is close to me!’declares the Lord Almighty.‘Strike the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered,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.
9 This third I will put into the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on my nameand I will answer them;I will say, “They are my people,”and they will say, “The Lord is our God.” ’