Zechariah 13:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:

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  • 2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
  • Isa 20:2 : 2 At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.
  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
  • Mic 3:6-7 : 6 For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them. 7 And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
  • Matt 11:8-9 : 8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses. 9 But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
  • Mark 1:6 : 6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.
  • Jer 2:26 : 26 As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.

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    6 Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

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    5 But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

  • Zech 13:2-3
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    2 And it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that I will have the names of the images cut off out of the land, and there will be no more memory of them: and I will send all the prophets and the unclean spirit away from the land.

    3 And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.

  • Jer 5:13
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    13 And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

  • Mic 3:5-7
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    5 This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

    6 For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

    7 And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.

  • Ezek 13:1-4
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    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

    3 This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing!

    4 O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.

  • Jer 4:9
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    9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.

  • Jer 2:26
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    26 As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;

  • Ezek 13:16-17
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    16 Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.

    17 And you, son of man, let your face be turned against the daughters of your people, who are acting the part of prophets at their pleasure; be a prophet against them, and say,

  • Jer 23:16
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    16 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

  • Jer 14:13-16
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    13 Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.

    14 Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

    15 So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.

    16 And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.

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    18 And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.

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    26 Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

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    8 And it will come about in the day of the Lord's offering, that I will send punishment on the rulers and the king's sons and all who are clothed in robes from strange lands.

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    24 For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.

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    9 And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.

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    6 They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.

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    11 If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

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    24 And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.

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    28 And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.

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    40 So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

  • Jer 13:26
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    26 So I will have your skirts uncovered before your face, in order that your shame may be seen.

  • Ezek 4:7
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    7 And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

  • Hos 4:4-5
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    4 Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.

    5 You will not be able to keep on your feet by day, and by night the prophet will be falling down with you, and I will give your mother to destruction.

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    16 All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

  • Lam 4:13
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    13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.

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    16 And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.

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    14 And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.

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    13 For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.

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    18 If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.

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    4 Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.