Zechariah 13:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 13:4

2 “It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will ^acut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause ^bthe prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.

3 It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall ^anot live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him ^bshall thrust him through when he prophesies.

4 “And it shall be in that day that ^aevery prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear ^ba robe of coarse hair to deceive.

5 ^aBut he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’

6 And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your¹ arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Savior

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^aMy Shepherd,
Against the Man ^bwho is My Companion,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
^c“Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered;
Then I will turn My hand against ^dthe little ones.

8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
“That ^atwo-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
^bBut one–third shall be left in it:

9 I will bring the one–third ^athrough the fire,
Will ^brefine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
^cThey will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
^dI will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 13:4

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American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:

Amplified® Bible
And in that day the [false] prophets shall each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, nor will he wear a hairy {or} rough garment to deceive,

Contemporary English Version
Those prophets will be ashamed of their so-called visions, and they won't deceive anyone by dressing like a true prophet.

Darby English Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive.

Good News Bible
When that time comes, no prophet will be proud of his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.

King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

New American Standard Bible
"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;

New International Version
"On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his prophetic vision. He will not put on a prophet's garment of hair in order to deceive.

New King James Version
“And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each have shame of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;

Revised Standard Version
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; he will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.

New English Translation
“Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment¹ of a prophet to deceive the people.²

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