1   In that time shall the house of Dauid and the citezins of Hierusalem haue an open ^note wel to washe of sinne and vncleannesse.

2   And then saith the Lorde of hoastes, ^note I wyll destroy the names of the idols out of the lande: so that they shal no more be put in remembraunce: ^note As for the false prophetes also, and the vncleane spirites, I wyl take them out of the lande.

3   So that if any of them prophecie any more, ^note his owne father and mother that begat him, shal say vnto him, Thou shalt dye, for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lord: yea his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him, when he prophecieth.

4   And then shal those prophetes be confounded euery one of his vision when he prophecieth: neither shal they weare heere cloth any more to deceaue men withall.

5   But he shalbe fayne to say, ^note I am no prophete, I am an husbandman: for so am I taught by ^note man from my youth vp.

6   And if it be saide vnto him, How came these woundes then in thyne handes? He shal aunswere: Thus was I wounded in the house of myne owne friendes. B   

7   Aryse O thou sworde vpon my shephearde, and vpon the man that is my felow, saith the lord of hoastes: ^note smite the shepheard, ∧ the sheepe shalbe scattred abroade: and so wyll I turne my hande to the litle ones.

8   And it shall come to passe saith the Lorde, that in all the lande two partes shalbe rooted out, ^note but the third part shall remayne therein.

9    ^noteAnd the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, ∧ wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God.

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