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Zechariah 13: A Fountain for Cleansing

Zechariah says in that day there will be a fountain opened for David's house and Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. God will remove idols and false prophets from the land. God says, strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. A remnant will be refined like silver and tested like gold. They will call on God's name, and he will hear them. He will say, it is my people, and they will say, Yahweh is my God.

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World English Bible · 9 verses

  1. 1 “In that day there will be a fountain opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 It will happen that when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in Yahweh’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Zechariah 13 · Preschool

God Hears Me

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Color the fountain of clean water. God hears us when we call to him!

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Bible Verse

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

Zechariah 13:9 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

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Read the verse aloud. Say: God calls us his people. We say he is our God! God always hears us.

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