Micah 7:6

7:6 For a son thinks his father is a fool,

a daughter challenges ¹  her mother,

and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law;

a man’s enemies are his own servants. ² 

Zechariah 13:2-6

13:2 And also on that day,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will remove ³  the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. 13:3 Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, ‘You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.’ Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies. ⁴ 

13:4 “Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment ⁵  of a prophet to deceive the people. ⁶  13:5 Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’ ⁷  13:6 Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ ⁸  and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’

Matthew 10:21-22

10:21 “Brother ⁹  will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ¹⁰  parents and have them put to death. 10:22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:10

24:10 Then many will be led into sin, ¹¹  and they will betray one another and hate one another.

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “rises up against.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “the enemies of a man are the men of his house.”

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “cut off” (so NRSV); NAB “destroy”; NIV “banish.”

[13:3]  ⁴ sn Death (in this case being run…through with a sword) was the penalty required in the OT for prophesying falsely (Deut 13:6-11; 18:20-22).

[13:4]  ⁵ tn The “hairy garment of a prophet” (אַדֶּרֶת שֵׁעָר, ’adderet she’ar) was the rough clothing of Elijah (1 Kgs 19:13), Elisha (1 Kgs 19:19; 2 Kgs 2:14), and even John the Baptist (Matt 3:4). Yet, אַדֶּרֶת alone suggests something of beauty and honor (Josh 7:21). The prophet’s attire may have been simple the image it conveyed was one of great dignity.

[13:4]  ⁶ tn The words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation from context (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).

[13:5]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “for the land has been my possession since my youth” (so NRSV; similar NAB).

[13:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “wounds between your hands.” Cf. NIV “wounds on your body”; KJV makes this more specific: “wounds in thine hands.”

[10:21]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:21]  ¹⁰ tn Or “will rebel against.”

[24:10]  ¹¹ tn Or “many will fall away.” This could also refer to apostasy.