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Ezekiel 13:9

And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Mine hand shall be upon the prophets - "mine hand," my power in vengeance.

They shall not be in the assembly of my people - rather, the council: 'They shall not occupy the honourable office of councillors in the senate of elders after the return from Babylon' (Ezra 2:1).

Neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel - they shall not even have a place in the register kept of all citizens' names; they shall be erased from it, just as the names of those who died in the year, or had been deprived of citizenship for their crimes, were at the annual revision erased. Compare ; ; , as to these spiritually Israelites; , and those not so. Literally fulfilled ; (cf. ; ).

Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel - they shall not so much as be allowed to come back at all to their country.

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See also Ezekiel 13:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 13:9. _THEY SHALL NOT BE IN THE ASSEMBLY OF MY PEOPLE_] They shall not be reputed members of my Church. They shall not be reckoned in the genealogy of true Israelites that return from ca...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ASSEMBLY - Here “the congregation of the people.” These false prophets were to be struck off from “the writing” or, the rolls, in which the names of all Israelites were registered (compare Psalms 87:6...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 13:1. And now the Lord speaks through Ezekiel about the false prophets in the midst of His people. They prophesied out of their own hearts; or as it might be rendered, “Who prophesy from their...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Their doom is therefore sealed. They too will be confounded in the confusion which they have helped to create. They shall be swept off the land of Israel, and their names shall not appear on the regis...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ASSEMBLY. secret council. WRITING. register. LAND. soil. Hebrew. _'admath._ See note on Ezekiel 11:17. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. This _formula_ occurs only here, Ezekiel 23:49. and Eze

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The lying prophets are like foxes among the ruins (1) Ezekiel 13:1. The inspiration of these prophets is not from the spirit of God but from their own heart. (2) Ezekiel 13:4. Consequently so far as...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The punishment is described in three steps, which form a climax. At present these prophets possess influence, they are counsellors and leaders; when Israel is a nation again upon her own land they sha...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEY SHALL NOT BE IN THE ASSEMBLY, &C.— _They shall not be in the secret of my people;_ which is explained by the following words, _Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel._ The _secret_ of G...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    III. TWO SCATHING ORACLES DELIVERED 13:1-23 In chapter 13 Ezekiel directs his attack against those who spawned the blasphemous proverbs which he has just refuted in Ezekiel 12:21-28. Ezekiel denounce...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:9 register (a-33) Lit. 'writing.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 GOD WILL PUNISH THE FALSE *PROPHETS – EZEKIEL 13:1-23...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY HAVE MADE OTHERS TO HOPE. — Omit the word “others,” which is not in the original, and translate, “The Lord hath not sent them that they should hope” — _i.e._, they have no ground to expect that t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE ASSEMBLY OF MY PEOPLE. — The original word bears also the meanings placed in the margin, but the sense here is correctly given in the text. The several clauses are intended to emphasise the utter...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיְתָ֣ה יָדִ֗י אֶֽל ־הַ נְּבִיאִ֞ים הַ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The next movement in the prophesying was a denunciation of false prophets and prophetesses. The prophets were not inspired by the Spirit of God, but followed their own spirit. In so doing they had, li...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And my hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the (e) writing of the house of Israel, n...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Upon, to punish. --- Counsel. They shall not be consulted, or have any credit. --- Writing. They shall perish in the city, or in banishment. (Calmet) --- Their works shall not be accounted canonical....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is somewhat very striking and awful in this scripture. One should hardly conceive it possible that any men, much less a multitude of men, should ever go forward unsent, and without authority fro...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Besides, he afterwards points out the punishment; _my hand_, says he, _shall be against the prophets_. For although God threatens to become an adversary to the reprobate, yet this is not sufficient to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel come an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND MINE HAND SHALL BE UPON THE PROPHETS THAT SEE VANITY, AND THAT DIVINE LIES,.... Meaning, by his hand, not the true spirit of prophecy, attended with a divine power and energy, as in Ezekiel 1:3; b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, nei...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They have seen vanity and lying divinations_ They have uttered false prophecies concerning peace and prosperity, pretending to have seen that which they did not see, and producing that as a divine tr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies, namely, for the purpose of severely punishing them; THEY SHALL NOT BE IN THE ASSEMBLY OF MY PEOPLE, in the roll of the ci...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ASSEMBLY: Or, secret or counsel...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 Where God gives a warrant to do any thing, he gives wisdom. What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as that is which the ministers of Christ deliver. They were not praying prophet...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MINE HAND; my power striking them; so that it shall be evident they fall under Divine revenge, as Pelatiah, EZEKIEL 11:13, and Hananiah, JEREMIAH 28:15,16. Or if they escape this stroke, THEY SHALL NO...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 13:9 hand H3027 prophets H5030 envision H2374 futility H7723 divine H7080 (H8802) lies H3577 assembly H5475

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Because you have spoken what is vain, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and my hand will be against the prophets who se...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message against lying prophets. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Since the devil is the father of lies, those put the highest affront upon God who, claiming to be his prophets, tell l...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 13:3. _Woe to the foolish prophets oh Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts._ The vineyards in rough and rocky places, like our bramble, produced the most delicious grapes. Th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 13:1 Chapters Ezekiel 13:1 condemn those who speak false prophecy (ch. Ezekiel 13:1) and ig

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (4.) OF FALSE PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES (Chap. 13) _Condemnation of the Prophets_ (Ezekiel 13:1) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The declaration in Ezekiel 12:24 was that unsubstantiated and delusive prophecy shou...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 13:1 Another interval follows, and then a fresh and fuller burst of inspiration, manifestly in close connection with Ezekiel 12:21, and to be read in combination with Jer

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 13. THE FALSE IN PROPHECY, ITS CHARACTER AND DOOM. A VERY close connection exists between the subject of this chapter and the one immediately preceding. The former had denounced the false exp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The word of the LORD came unto me saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say unto them that prophesy is out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; T...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 22:24; 1 Kings 22:25; Daniel 12:1; Exodus 32:32; Exodus 32:33

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Mine hand — My power striking them. In the assembly — Have no seat among the rulers, nor voice among the counsellors. Written — Not registered among those that return, Ezra 2:1. Enter — They shall nev...

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