Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 13:5

"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." — Zechariah 13:5 (ASV)

Taught ... cattle. —Better, acquired, or bought me. He pretends to be a purchased slave, kept hard at work, and therefore as having no time for professing inspiration. His meaning is very different from that of Amos 7:14.