Zechariah 13:5

"It will happen in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they won’t wear a hairy mantle to deceive,"

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 13:5, the prophet envisions a future where false prophets will be exposed and ashamed for their deceptive prophecies. The image of not wearing a "hairy mantle to deceive" alludes to the practice in ancient times of prophets sometimes wearing such mantles as a sign of their divinity or authority. By stating that they would no longer don this symbol, Zechariah suggests a time when false prophets will be easily recognized and discredited, reflecting a period of increased spiritual discernment among God's people.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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 youth one simple unlettered occupation, as Amos said truly of himself; “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son: but I was an herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit”Amos 7:14. The prophet does not approve the lie, any more than our Lord did the injustice of the “unjust steward.” Our Lord contrasted the wisdom “in their generation” of a bad man for his ends, with the unwisdom of “the children of light,” who took no pains to secure their God.

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