a husbandman Lit. one tilling the ground, as Genesis 4:2. Comp. Amos 7:14, where however there is no repudiation as here of the prophetical office.
taught me to keep cattle or possessed me as a serf, or chattel: adscriptus glebœ. I have been made a bondman, R. V.
Verse Zechariah 13:5. _BUT HE SHALL SAY, I_ AM _NO PROPHET_] This must be the case of a _false prophet_ or diviner, who had been obliged to give up his infamous practice, and become even a _labourer_...
AND HE SHALL SAY - Repudiating his former claims, “I am a husbandman:” for a man hath taught me from my youth.” There was no room then for his having been a false prophet, since he had had from his yo...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The cleansing (Zechariah 13:1) _ 2. The blessed results of the cleansing (Zechariah 13:2) 3. The smitten Shepherd (Zechariah 13:7) 4. Salvation and condemnation ...
The result of the national repentance is the removal of guilt. The figure of the fountain is perhaps suggested by Ezekiel 47. The first sign of Judah's true restoration will be the abolition of all id...
MAN. Hebrew. _adam_. App-14....
IN THAT DAY (9). Zechariah 13:4-6 RV. 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...
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. BUT HE SHALL SAY, I AM NO PROPHET, I AM AN FARMER - the detection of one of the false prophet...
13:5 man (c-17) _ Adam_ , ver. 5; Geber, ver. 7. see Job 3:3 ....
PURIFICATION OF JERUSALEM Important results follow this great act of national sorrow. 1. The land is purged of SIN; 2A, of idols; 2B-6, of prophets, who as a class have fallen into disrepute, and who...
MAN TAUGHT ME TO KEEP CATTLE] better, with slight change in the Heb., 'the ground has been my possession.' I am so occupied with manual labour, I do not cultivate prophecy: cp. am Zechariah 7:14....
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 13 V1 ‘In that day, a fountain will become open. (It will be) for the family of David and for everybody that lives in Jerusalem. It...
TAUGHT... CATTLE. — Better, _acquired,_ or _bought me._ He pretends to be a purchased slave, kept hard at work, and therefore as having no time for professing inspiration. His meaning is very differen...
וְ אָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי אִישׁ ־עֹבֵ֤ד
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
A DAY OF TESTING Zechariah 13:1-9; Zechariah 14:1 This Fountain was opened, when the soldier pierced the Savior's side. But it is not enough for God to forgive; He must deal drastically with the wayw...
This, however, will be brought about when, recognizing their sin, the chosen people repent with mourning. In that day, by way of a fountain opened to them, they will be cleansed from all the things wh...
But he shall say, I [am] no (g) prophet, I [am] a farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. (g) They will confess their former ignorance, and be content to labour for their living....
_Husbandman. Worldly occupations were incompatible with the office of prophets, 3 Kings xix 20., and Amos vii. 15., and Matthew iv. 20. The (Calmet) false (Haydock) prophets will become so odious, tha...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
He describes repentance in this verse more fully. When Paul wished to exhort the faithful to newness of life, he said, “Let him who has stolen, steal no more; but rather work with his own hands, that...
In chapter 13 all is cleansed. The fountain is open to the house of David, whose sin had ruined the people, without abrogating the rights or weakening the grace of God; and also to the people of Jerus...
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 hu...
But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. Ver. 5. _But he shall say, I am no prophet_] Oυκ ειμι μοναχος, I am no monk, no clerk, I am...
_The prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision_ That is, of the extraordinary communication which he pretended to have received, when he uttered a prophecy which he knew to be false. _Neither...
THE FRUITS OF PENITENCE...
but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman, vehemently disclaiming any connection with the prophetic profession; FOR MAN TAUGHT ME TO KEEP CATTLE FROM MY YOUTH, rather, "a man has purchased...
RESULTS IN GREAT BLESSING (vv. 1-4) Zechariah 13:1 is directly connected with what went before in Zechariah 12:1. Judah's repentance will find a wonderful restoring answer on the part of God. The fo...
1-6 In the time mentioned at the close of the foregoing chapter, a fountain would be opened to the rulers and people of the Jews, in which to wash away their sins. Even the atoning blood of Christ, u...
This verse is this reclaimed man's recantation, or renunciation of his former course, and his solemn promise to take up his own calling, and become a plain honest man, and live upon his labour, to whi...
Zechariah 13:5 say H559 (H8804) prophet H5030 farmer H376 H5647 (H8802) H127 man H120 cattle...
THE FALSE PROPHETS WILL BE ASHAMED OF HAVING BEEN PROPHETS (ZECHARIAH 13:4). Zechariah 13:4 ‘And it will happen that the prophets will be ashamed every one of his vision when he prophesies, neither w...
Zechariah 13:1 I. In the words "for sin and for uncleanness" there is apparently an allusion in the former to the water used in the purification of the Levites at their consecration, and in the latter...
Zechariah 13:1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness._ They shall see that pardon when they have truly seen...
Zechariah 12:10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they...
CONTENTS: Repentant remnant of Israel in the last days. Refined by great tribulation. «Israel again restored to God's favor. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Israel, at the end of the...
Zechariah 13:1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness._ The beasts slain without the camp, the execrated beasts, from whose ashes the waters of sprinkling were secr...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 13:1 To cleanse the repentant people from their sin, God will open up a FOUNTAIN (v. Zechariah 13:1) from which will flow the run
CRITICAL NOTES.] This verse completes the thought of Zechariah 11:10. God not only pours out the Spirit, but provides means of purification. “The verse exhibits the two grand doctrines of the gospel—j...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 13:1 § 3._ This repentance will lead to purification from past defilement, and a reaction against idolatry and false prophet._ ZECHARIAH 13:1 IN THAT DAY. At the time when the...
And in that day (Zechariah 13:1) "In that day, in that day." Here it is again, "in that day," there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and u...
Acts 19:17; Amos 7:14...