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Zechariah 13:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Zechariah 13:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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.”(A) 6 And if anyone asks, “What are these wounds on your chest?”[a] each will answer, “I received these wounds in the house of my friends.”(B)
The Song of the Sword
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the one who is my associate
—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
Strike the shepherd
that the sheep may be scattered;[b](C)
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Footnotes
- 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.
- 13:7 Strike the shepherd…may be scattered: in Matthew’s Gospel (26:31) Jesus makes use of this text before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and the flight of the disciples.
Zechariah 13:5-7
New International Version
Zechariah 13:5-7
New International Version
5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[a]’(A) 6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[b]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
Footnotes
- Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
- Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands
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