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Darby's French Translation
Zacharie 13:4
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Et il arrivera en ce temps-l que ces prophtes seront confus chacun de sa vision, quand il aura prophtis; et ils ne seront plus vtus de manteau de poil, pour mentir.
En ce jour-l, les prophtes seront confus, chacun de sa vision, quand ils prophtiseront; et ils ne se revtiront plus du manteau de poil pour mentir.
En ce jour-l, les prophtes rougiront de leurs visions Quand ils prophtiseront, Et ils ne revtiront plus un manteau de poil pour mentir.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the prophets: Jeremiah 2:26, Micah 3:6, Micah 3:7
wear: 2 Kings 1:8, Isaiah 20:2, Matthew 3:4, Matthew 11:8, Matthew 11:9, Mark 1:6, Revelation 11:3
rough garment to deceive: Heb. garment of hair to lie
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:19 - I am Deuteronomy 13:1 - a prophet Jeremiah 29:8 - Let Matthew 6:1 - to be Matthew 7:15 - which 2 Peter 2:1 - there were
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed, everyone of his vision, when he hath prophesied,.... He shall be ashamed of the doctrines he has delivered, they will appear to all men so ridiculous and absurd; as the doctrines of merit, and the works of supererogation; of transubstantiation and purgatory; of pardons, penance, c:
neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive or, "a hairy garment" q; such as the first and ancient inhabitants of the earth wore, who used the skins of beasts for covering, as Diodorus Siculus r observes: and Pausanias s says of the first natives of Locris, not knowing how to weave and make garments, used to cover their bodies, to preserve them from the cold, with the undressed skins of beasts, turning the hair outward, as more becoming: and such a hairy garment, or much like it, Elijah wore; hence he is called a hairy man, 2 Kings 1:8 and John the Baptist, who came in the power and spirit of that prophet, appeared in a like habit, clothed with camel's hair, Matthew 3:4 and in like manner good men, especially in times of distress and trouble, used to wander about in sheepskins and goatskins, Hebrews 11:37 which seem to be the same sort of raiment: and now, in imitation of such like good men, and true prophets of the Lord, particularly Elijah, the false prophets, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe, in order to deceive the people, and pass for true prophets, put on such rough and hairy garments, as if they were very humble and self denying men. Braunius t thinks the prophet may have respect to a custom among the idolatrous prophets, who used to clothe themselves with the skins of the sacrifices, and lie on them in their temples, in order to obtain dreams, and be able to foretell future things; of which Hebrews 11:37- : but it seems to have respect to the habits of the monks and friars, and of the different orders by which they are distinguished as religious persons, and gain respect and veneration among men; and under the guise of sanctity and devotion, and of an austere and mortified life, impose their lies and deceptions upon them; but now will lay their habits aside, as being ashamed of their profession and principles.
q אדרת שער "pallio pili", Montanus; "piloso", Pagninus; "chlamyde pilosa", Munster; "pallium ex pilis", Cocceius; "pallium pili", Burkius. r Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 21. s Phocica, sive. l. 10. p. 685. t De Vestitu Sacerdot. Heb. l. 1. c. 4. sect. 9. p. 97.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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 they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily,” Luke subjoins, “grew the word of God and prevailed” Acts 19:13-20.
Neither shall wear a rough garment to deceive Feigning themselves ascetics and mourners for their people, as the true prophets were in truth. The sackcloth, which the prophets wore Isaiah 20:2, was a rough garment of hair Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26, worn next to the skin 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 6:30; Job 16:15, whence Elijah was known to Ahaziah, when described as “a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins” 2 Kings 1:8. It was a wide garment, enveloping the whole frame, and so, afflictive to the whole body. Jerome: “This was the habit of the prophets, that when they called the people to penitence, they were clothed with sackcloth.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zechariah 13:4. Neither shall they wear a rough garment — A rough garment made of goats' hair, coarse wool, or the coarse 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.
