The messengers answered Ahaziah, “This man was wearing a hairy coat [2] with a leather belt around his waist.”
Zechariah 13:4 - Easy To Read Version At that time, the prophets will be ashamed of their visions and prophecies. They will not wear the rough cloth that shows a person is a prophet. They will not wear those clothes to trick people with the lies they call prophecies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in that day the [false] prophets shall each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, nor will he wear a hairy or rough garment to deceive, American Standard Version (1901) 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 deceive: Common English Bible On that day each of the prophets will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and won’t put on a shaggy coat in order to deceive. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be: In that day, the prophets will be confounded, each one by his own vision, when he will prophesy. Neither will they be covered with a garment of sackcloth in order to deceive. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they be clad with a garment of sackcloth, to deceive: |
The messengers answered Ahaziah, “This man was wearing a hairy coat [2] with a leather belt around his waist.”
At that time, the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. The Lord said, “Go, take the cloth of sadness off your waist. Take your shoes off your feet.” Isaiah obeyed the Lord. And Isaiah walked around without clothes and without shoes.
“A thief is ashamed when people catch him.\par In the same way,\par the people of Israel are ashamed,\par the kings and leaders are ashamed,\par and the priests and prophets are ashamed.\par
The priests and prophets should\par be ashamed\par of the bad things they do.\par But they are not ashamed at all.\par They don’t know enough\par to be embarrassed of their sins.\par So they will be punished with everyone else.\par They will be thrown to the ground\par when I punish the people.”\par The Lord said those things.\par
Those ‘wise people’ refused to listen\par to the Lord’s teachings.\par So they are not really wise people at all.\par Those ‘wise people’ were trapped.\par They became shocked and ashamed.\par
John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair. John had a leather belt around his waist. For food, John ate locusts {\cf2\super [35]} and wild honey.
John wore clothes made from camel’s hair. John had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts {\cf2\super [6]} and wild honey.
They were killed with stones and they were cut in half. They were killed with swords. The only clothes some of these people had were sheep skins or goat skins. They were poor, persecuted, {\cf2\super [158]} and treated badly by other people.
And I will give power to my two witnesses. And they will prophesy {\cf2\super [82]} for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in sackcloth. {\cf2\super [83]} ”