Zechariah 13:2-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 On that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts—I will destroy the names of the idols from the land, so that they will be mentioned no more; I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land. 3 If any still prophesy, their father and mother who bore them will say, “You will not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” Their father and mother who bore them will thrust them through when they prophesy.(A)
4 On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle[a] to mislead,(B) 5 but each will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a tiller of the soil, for I have owned land since my youth.”(C) 6 And if anyone asks, “What are these wounds on your chest?”[b] each will answer, “I received these wounds in the house of my friends.”(D)
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- 13:4 Hairy mantle: worn by prophets as a sign of their calling, for example, Elijah (1 Kgs 19:13; 2 Kgs 1:8) and John the Baptist (Mt 3:4).
- 13:6 Wounds on your chest: lit., “wounds between your hands.” The false prophets, like the prophets of Baal (1 Kgs 18:28), apparently inflicted wounds on themselves. Here it seems that persons accused of false prophecy deny having inflicted wounds on themselves and instead claim that they have received them at the houses of their friends.
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