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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.’
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Verse 5. Husbandman. Worldly occupations were incompatible with the office of prophets. 3 Kennicott. 19:20. Amos 7:15. Matthew 4:20. The ( Calmet.) false ( Bible.) prophets will become so odious, that people will excuse themselves from taking up the calling.—Example. I am condemned like him to labour. Genesis 3:17. Septuagint “a man begot me.” Hebrew “taught, or bought me, ( Calmet.) or caused me to work.” De Dieu.
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