Daily Reading for May 10, 2025

Zechariah 13 (NIV)

"On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and
impurity.

2 "On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the
land, and they will be remembered no more," declares the Lord
Almighty. "I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of
impurity from the land. 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 silver
    and test them like gold.
They will call on my name
    and I will answer them;
I will say, 'They are my people,'
    and they will say, 'The Lord is our God.'"

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