Zechariah 13:5 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 13:5

He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah (420)

(Vers. 3 seqq.) And on that day, the prophets will be confused, each one from his own vision, when he prophesies, and they will not cover themselves with a sackcloth to deceive. Instead, they will say, 'I am not a prophet, I am a farmer, for Adam is my example from my youth.' And it will be said to him, 'What are these wounds in the middle of your hands?' And he will say, 'I have been wounded in the house of those who love me.'

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And he shall say - Repudiating his former claims, “I am a husbandman:” for a man hath taught me from my youth.” There was no room then for his having been a false prophet, since he had had from his youth one simple unlettered occupation, as Amos said truly of himself; “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son: but I was an herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit” Amo 7:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

However, husbandry and keeping cattle might be regarded as jointly the occupation of the person questioned: then Am 7:14, "herdman," will accord with English Version. A Hebrew kindred word means "cattle." Both occupations, the respondent replies, are inconsistent with my being a "prophet."

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָמַ֕ר	ve.'a.Mar	and he will say	H559 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נָבִ֖יא	na.Vi'	[am] a prophet	H5030 →
אָנֹ֑כִי	'a.No.khi	I	H595 →
אִישׁ־	'ish-	[am] a man	H376 →
עֹבֵ֤ד	'o.Ved	[who] tills	H5647 →
אֲדָמָה֙	'a.da.Mah	ground	H127 →
אָנֹ֔כִי	'a.No.khi	I	H595 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	someone	H120 →
הִקְנַ֥נִי	hik.Na.ni	he sold me	H7069 →
מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃	mi.ne.'u.Rai	since youth<s> my	H5271 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Amos 7:14
“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
leads to
- Amos 1:1
  These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
- 2 Kings 2:5
  Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 2 Kings 4:38
  When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and…
- 2 Chronicles 19:2
  Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah