Zechariah 13:4-6

Living Bible

⁴“No one will be boasting then of his prophetic gift! No one will wear prophet’s clothes to try to fool the people then.

⁵“‘No,’ he will say. ‘I am not a prophet; I am a farmer. The soil has been my livelihood from my earliest youth.’

⁶“And if someone asks, ‘Then what are these scars on your chest and your back?’^[a] he will say, ‘I got into a brawl at the home of a friend!’

Zechariah 13:6 these scars on your chest and your back. Evidently self-inflicted cuts, as practiced by false prophets; see 1 Kings 18:28. I got into a brawl at the home of a friend, literally, “[These are] wounds I received in the house of my friends.” Some think this refers to Christ; others believe this refers to a false prophet who is lying about the reasons for his scars.