Zechariah 13:5
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But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth.

I am no.

Amos 7:14 But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

Acts 19:17-20 And this became known to all the Jews and the Gentiles that dwelt a Ephesus. And fear fell on them all: and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. . . .

Context
An End to Idolatry
4And 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: 5But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth.6And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands? And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me.…
Cross References
Amos 7:14
But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

Zechariah 13:6
And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands? And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me.

Lexicon
He will say,
וְאָמַ֕ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘I
אָנֹ֑כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

am not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

a prophet;
נָבִ֖יא (nā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

I
אָנֹ֔כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

work
עֹבֵ֤ד (‘ō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

the land,
אֲדָמָה֙ (’ă·ḏā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I was purchased as a servant
הִקְנַ֥נִי (hiq·na·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

in my youth.
מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃ (min·nə·‘ū·rāy)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5271: Youth, the state, the persons


Additional Translations
He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.

And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.

but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'

And one hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground is my possession from my youth.'
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