Holy Scripture

Zechariah 13:4

A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 3 seqq.) And on that day, the prophets will be confused, each one from his own vision, when he prophesies, and they will not cover themselves with a sackcloth to deceive. Instead, they will say, 'I am not a prophet, I am a farmer, for Adam is my example from my youth.' And it will be said to him, 'What are thes…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Zechariah

Source: Septuagint

Original

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.

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2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will utterly destroy the names of the idols from off the land, and there shall be no longer any remembrance of them: and I will cut off the false prophets and the evil spirit from the land.

3And it shall come to pass, if a man will yet prophesy, that his father and his mother which gave birth to him shall say to him, Thou shalt not live; for thou hast spoken lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who gave him birth shall bind him as he is prophesying.

— Zechariah 13:4 —

5And 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.

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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