>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/zech/13?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#08a0d::c08a0d) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/zechariah/13.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Zechariah/13.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/zec/13/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Zechariah, a prophet, is delivering God's message to the people of Jerusalem, foretelling a future time of cleansing from sin and the removal of false prophets, while emphasizing the refining of a faithful remnant. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God promises to wash away the bad things people have done and get rid of false gods. He will help those who truly love Him to become better and closer to Him. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Zechariah 13 speaks about a time when a fountain will cleanse the people of Jerusalem from sin. Idols and false prophets will be removed, and those who prophesy falsely will be discredited. The chapter also refers to the scattering of the sheep when the shepherd is struck, symbolizing a time of trial and purification, where only a faithful remnant will be refined and claim God as their own. > >#Gospel/Cleansing #Gospel/Prophecy #Gospel/Refinement ###### 1 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. ###### 2 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. ###### 3 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. ###### 4 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: ###### 5 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. ###### 6 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. ###### 7 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. ###### 8 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. ###### 9 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.