Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Zechariah 13:5
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He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
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But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
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but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’
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but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.
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Zechariah 13
3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
4 And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
5 He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
6 If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
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