Zechariah 13:3

So shall it come about that, when any man shall prophesy again, then will his own father and his own mother, of whom he was born, say unto him,—Thou shalt not live! For falsehood hast thou spoken in the name of Yahweh,—So will his own father and his own mother of whom he was born, pierce him through, when he prophesieth,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And it shall come to pass, in that day, declareth Yahweh of hosts, That I will cut off the names of idols out of the land, and they shall not be remembered any more,—Moreover also, even the prophets and the spirit of impurity, will I cause to pass away out of the land.

4Yea it shall come to pass, in that day, that the prophets, will turn pale, every man by reason of his vision when he prophesieth,—neither will they put on a mantle of hair to deceive.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:6When thy brother—son of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,—Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 33:9Who saith of his father and of his mother, I behold them not, And, his own brethren, regardeth he not, And, his own sons, observeth he not,—Because they watch thy speech, That, thy covenant, they may preserve,;

Ezekiel 14:9Yea the prophet himself when he suffereth himself to be deceived, and speaketh a word, I Yahweh, have suffered that prophet to be deceived, Then will I stretch forth my hand against him, and destroy him out of the midst of my people. Israel:

Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,—and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me;

2 Corinthians 5:16So that, we, henceforth, know, no one, after the flesh: if we have even been gaining, after the flesh, a knowledge of Christ,

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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