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Once again (<\/span>see chapter 8<\/span><\/a>), a verse appears to have been assigned to the wrong chapter. Verse 1 (mentioning \u201cthe House of David\u201d) belongs to the previous prophecy (see \u201cthe House of David in 12:12) and a new one begins only with v.2. (\u201cIt shall be on that day\u2026). The subject of the new prophecy is the elimination of idolatry and false prophecy (2-6), the punishment in store for the faithless shepherd and the anticipated reward for the faithful remnant (7-9).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In relating the fate of the false prophets, Zechariah said: \u201cIn that day, every prophet will be ashamed of the visions [he had] when he prophesied. In order to deceive, he will not wear a hairy mantle (<\/span>aderet sei`ar<\/span><\/em>) , and he will declare, \u2018I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil (`<\/em><\/span>oveid \u2018adamah<\/span><\/em>); you see, I was plied (<\/span>hiknani<\/span><\/em>) with the red stuff (<\/span>adam<\/span><\/em>) from my youth on\u2019\u201d (4-5).<\/span><\/p>\n

Radak treated both verses together and explained:<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the custom of false prophets to wear sackcloth and a hairy mantle to be deceptive and to fool others into believing them by giving the appearance to people of upright and righteous men who isolated themselves lest they speak falsehood. However, when they realize that their prophecies were not fulfilled, they will be embarrassed, abandon their activities, visions, and apparel, and deny their prophesying claiming that they are not prophets and never engaged in prophecy, rather they are farmers who do not engage in such [prophetic] activities but only in farming and shepherding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several of the descriptive terms Zechariah employed here resonate with us from other biblical sources. No fewer than five references are made to the mantle (<\/span>aderet<\/span><\/em>) of Elijah the prophet: three related directly to him (1 Kings 19: 3,19; 2 Kings 2:8) and twice more when it was retrieved by his successor, Elisha (2 Kings 2:1-14). A more striking allusion is to Amos\u2019s denial of his own prophetic vocation: \u201cI am neither a prophet nor a prophet\u2019s disciple; rather, I am a herdsman and tend sycamore trees\u201d (7:14-15).<\/span><\/p>\n

In verse 5, the JPS translation of \u201cplied with the red stuff\u201d (for <\/span>ki adam hiknani<\/span><\/em>)<\/span> is puzzling. If the allusion is to wine, its appearance here is anomalous, while, on the other hand, tying <\/span>adam<\/span><\/em> to <\/span>adamah<\/span><\/em> is natural. 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