Zacharie 13:5

5 Chacun d'eux dira: Je ne suis pas prophète, Je suis laboureur, Car on m'a acheté dès ma jeunesse.

Zacharie 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 13:5

But he shall say, I [am] no prophet
That he is not of the Romish clergy, or of any of their religious orders, having laid aside his habit: I [am] an husbandman;
he shall put on the habit of a husbandman, and work for his bread; for he will not be able to support himself, as before, with the sale of pardons and indulgences, and by praying souls out of purgatory; for no man hereafter will buy of his merchandise, ( Revelation 18:11 ) and he will be ashamed of his former calling and traffic, and will not own that he was ever concerned therein; but will affirm that he was never of the Romish clergy, but always a layman, and employed in husbandry: for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth;
he will say he was brought up to husbandry, or in some mechanic business, from his youth, and never was in any convent or monastery, or of any religious order: it may be rendered, "for man made me to work from my youth" ^F21; and is not to be restrained to keeping cattle, or any particular employment.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (ynnqh) "fecerunt me operari", Noldius; "homo operari fecit me", De Dieu, Burkius.

Zacharie 13:5 In-Context

3 Si quelqu'un prophétise encore, Son père et sa mère, qui l'ont engendré, lui diront: Tu ne vivras pas, car tu dis des mensonges au nom de l'Eternel! Et son père et sa mère, qui l'ont engendré, le transperceront Quand il prophétisera.

4 En ce jour-là, les prophètes rougiront de leurs visions Quand ils prophétiseront, Et ils ne revêtiront plus un manteau de poil pour mentir.

5 Chacun d'eux dira: Je ne suis pas prophète, Je suis laboureur, Car on m'a acheté dès ma jeunesse.

6 Et si on lui demande: D'où viennent ces blessures que tu as aux mains? Il répondra: C'est dans la maison de ceux qui m'aimaient que je les ai reçues.

7 Epée, lève-toi sur mon pasteur Et sur l'homme qui est mon compagnon! Dit l'Eternel des armées. Frappe le pasteur, et que les brebis se dispersent! Et je tournerai ma main vers les faibles.