Zacharie 13:5

5 Et chacun d'eux dira: Je ne suis pas prophète; je suis un 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 Et il arrivera que si quelqu'un prophétise encore, son père et sa mère qui l'auront engendré lui diront: Tu ne vivras plus, car tu dis des mensonges au nom de l'Éternel! Et son père et sa mère qui l'auront engendré, le transperceront quand il prophétisera.

4 En ce jour-là, les prophètes seront confus, chacun de sa vision, quand ils prophétiseront; et ils ne se revêtiront plus du manteau de poil pour mentir.

5 Et chacun d'eux dira: Je ne suis pas prophète; je suis un laboureur, car on m'a acheté dès ma jeunesse.

6 Et quand on lui dira: Qu'est-ce que ces blessures à tes mains? il répondra: C'est dans la maison de mes amis qu'on me les a faites.

7 Épée, réveille-toi contre mon pasteur, contre l'homme qui est mon compagnon, dit l'Éternel des armées! Frappe le pasteur, et les brebis seront dispersées; et je tournerai ma main contre les petits.