Zechariah 13:5

And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he prophesies; and they shall clothe themselves with a garment of hair, because they have lied.

6And I will say to him, What are these wounds between thy hands? and he shall say, Those with which I was wounded in my beloved house.

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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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