Zacarias 13:5

5 sino que cada cual dirá: “Yo no soy profeta sino agricultor. Desde mi juventud, la tierra ha sido mi ocupación”.^[a]

Zacarias 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.

Zacarias 13:5 In-Context

3 Y si hubiera todavía alguno que quisiera profetizar, sus propios padres le dirán: “Has mentido en el nombre del SEÑOR. Por tanto, debes morir”. Y por meterse a profeta, sus propios padres lo traspasarán con espada.

4 »En aquel día los profetas se avergonzarán de sus visiones proféticas. Ya no engañarán a nadie vistiéndose con mantos de piel,

5 sino que cada cual dirá: “Yo no soy profeta sino agricultor. Desde mi juventud, la tierra ha sido mi ocupación”.

6 Y si alguien le pregunta: “¿Por qué tienes esas heridas en las manos?”, él responderá: “Son las heridas que me hicieron en casa de mis amigos”.

7 »¡Despierta, espada, contra mi pastor,contra el hombre en quien confío!—afirma el SEÑOR Todopoderoso—.Hiere al pastorpara que se dispersen las ovejasy vuelva yo mi mano contra los corderitos.

Footnotes

• [a] "Desde " "… " "ocupación" . Alt. "Un hombre me vendió en mi juventud" .