Zechariah 13:5

But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

In Context

4And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:

6And if anyone says to him, What are these wounds between your hands? then he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

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Cross References

Acts 19:17And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Destruction of False Prophets. ( b. c. 500.) 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 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 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy,… Read the whole commentary →

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