4 “On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet’s clothes.
5 He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’
6 And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?’ he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’
7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,the man who is my partner,”says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.“Strike down the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn against the lambs.
8 Two-thirds of the people in the landwill be cut off and die,” says the lord.“But one-third will be left in the land.
9 I will bring that group through the fireand make them pure.I will refine them like silverand purify them like gold.They will call on my name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘These are my people,’and they will say, ‘The lord is our God.’”