It will happen that when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you speak lies in the LORD’s name;’ and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Not live. The law condemned those prophets to death, who attempted to lead the people into idolatry. Deuteronomy 13:1. People shall be so zealous for God’s honour, that the parents of the seducer shall themselves ( Calmet.) bring him to judgment. Bible.—Through, or make some mark upon him, as fugitive slaves, and so forth were stigmatized. Calmet.—Septuagint “shall shackle.” Bible.—These before interpreted dakar, danced, or insulted. The others have in both places, “pierced.” Saint Jerome—The person was not slain. verse 6.