Zechariah 13:4

Zechariah 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“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.

Context of Zechariah 13:4

2The Lord Almighty says, ‘On that day, I will remove the names of false gods from the country. Everyone will forget them. I will remove all the false prophets. And I will remove the bad spirit that is not holy. 3And if anyone appears as a prophet again, his father and his mother will say to him, “You must die. You do not speak true words. The Lord has not spoken to you.” Then they will kill him. On that day, every prophet will be ashamed that he was ever a prophet. He will not put on the clothes of a prophet that they make from hair. Then people will not know that he is a prophet. 5He will say, “I am not a prophet. I am a farmer. From the time that I was a boy, I have worked on the land.” 6If someone asks him, “Who cut your body?” he will answer, “My friends cut me when I was at their house.” ’

Zechariah 13:4 word by word

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יֵבֹ֧שׁוּ הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים אִ֥ישׁ מֵחֶזְיֹנ֖וֹ בְּהִנָּֽבְאֹת֑וֹ וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ אַדֶּ֥רֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• shall be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of his visionחִזָּיוֹןchizzâyôn · visionH2384
• when he hath prophesiedנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• neither shall they wearלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• a roughשֵׂעָרώê‛âr ώa‛ar · hairH8181
• garmentאַדֶּ֫רֶת'addereth · clothingH155
• to deceiveכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584

Cross-references for Zechariah 13:4

• Jeremiah 2:26A robber is ashamed when people catch him. The people of Israel will become ashamed like that. They will all be ashamed of their sins. Their kings, their officers, their priests and their prophets are all guilty.
• Micah 3:6Because of that, it will become like night for you. I will not show you my messages. You will no longer see what will happen in future times. The sun will go down over you prophets, and the day will become dark for you.
• 2 Kings 1:8They replied, ‘He was wearing rough clothes. He had tied a leather belt around him.’ Then the king said, ‘That was Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe.’
• Isaiah 20:2At that time, the Lord gave this message to Isaiah, the son of Amoz. He said, ‘Go and remove the rough clothes that you are wearing. Take your shoes off your feet.’ Isaiah did what the Lord told him to do. He walked about without clothes and without shoes.
• Matthew 3:4John wore clothes made from the hair of a camel. He also wore a belt made from leather. His usual food was locusts and honey from the wilderness.
• Matthew 11:8Did you go to see a man who was wearing expensive clothes? No! People like that do not live in the wilderness. They live in kings' great houses.
• Mark 1:6John wore clothes made from the hair of a camel. He also wore a belt made from leather. His usual food was locusts and honey from the wilderness.
• Revelation 11:3I will give authority to my two servants who speak my message clearly. They will tell people my messages for 1,260 days. They will wear rough clothes made from goats' hair.’

Commentaries on Zechariah 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Neither shall they wear a rough garment - A rough garment made of goats' hair, coarse wool, or the course pile of the camel, was the ordinary garb of God's prophets. And the false prophets wore the same; for they pretended to the same gifts, and the same spirit, and therefore they wore the same kind of garments. John Baptist had a garment of this kind.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The prophets shall be ashamed, every one of them - They who before their conversion, gave themselves to such deceits, shall be ashamed of their deeds; as, after the defeat of the seven sons of the chief priest Sceva, “fear fall on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified, and many that believed came and confessed and showed their deeds: many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4ashamed of his vision: In the Old Testament, people often called a prophet a visionary "seer" (see 1 Samuel 9:9–19; 2 Kings 17:13) because they received divine messages in dreams or night visions (for example, Zechariah 1:7–6:15). hairy cloak: Old Testament Hebrew prophets wore a rough cloak made of camel or goat hair (see 2 Kings 1:8; Matthew 3:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. prophets ... ashamed--of the false prophecies which they have uttered in times past, and which the event has confuted. rough garment--sackcloth. The badge of a prophet (2Ki 1:8; Is 20:2), to mark their frugality alike in food and attire (Mt 3:4); also, to be consonant to the mournful warnings which they delivered. It is not the dress that is here condemned, but the purpose for which it was worn, namely, to conceal wolves under sheep's clothing…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Zechariah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings