Zechariah 13:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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)
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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).
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