Zechariah · Chapter 13

[ edit] In þat day ſhal be a welle opnynge to þe hous of Dauiþ, and to men dwelling at Jeruſalem, in to waſhyng awey of þe ſynful, and of þe menſtruate. And it ſhal be, in þat day, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, Y ſhal diſtruye names of ydolis of þe lond, and þei ſhuln namore be þouȝte on; and Y ſhal take awey fro erþe fals prophetis, and þe vnclene ſpirit. And it ſhal be, whan eny man ſhal prophecie ouere, his fader and moder þat gendriden hym, ſhuln ſaye to hym, Þou ſhalt not lyue, for þou haſt ſpoken leſyng in name of þe Lord; and his fadir and modir, gendrers of hym, ſhuln to gidre ficche hym, whanne he haþ prophecied.

And it ſhal be, in þat day prophetis ſhuln be confoundid, eche of his viſioun, whan he ſhal prophecie; neþer þei ſhuln be hillid wiþ mantil of ſac, þat þei leeȝe; bot þei ſhuln ſey, Y am not a prophete; a man erþe tilier Y am, for Adam my enſaumple fro my ȝongþe. And it ſhal be ſaid to hym, What ben þeſe woundis in mydil of þin hondis? And he ſhal ſay, Wiþ þeſe Y was woundid in þe hous of hem þat loueden me. Swerd, be þou reyſid on my ſheperd, and on þe wall cleuynge to me, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis; ſmyte þou þe ſheperd, and þe ſheep of þe floc ſhuln be ſcaterid.

And Y ſhal turne my hond to þe litil; and þer ſhuln be in eche lond, ſaiþ þe Lord, two parties in it, and ſhuln be ſcatered, and ſhuln faile, and þe þrid part ſhal be left in it. And Y ſhal leede þe þrid part bi fijr, and Y ſhal brenne, as ſyluer is brent, and Y ſhal proue hem, as gold is proued. He ſhal incleepe my name, and Y ſhal graciouſly heere hym; and Y ſhal ſaye, Þou art my peple, and he ſhal ſaye, Þe Lord my God.