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Verse Ezekiel 13:17. _SET THY FACE AGAINST THE DAUGHTERS OF THY
PEOPLE,_ _WHICH PROPHESY_] From this it appears that there were
_prophetesses_ in the land of Israel, that were really _inspired_ by
th...
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A rebuke to the false prophetesses, and a declaration that God will
confound them, and deliver their victims from their snares. Women were
sometimes inspired by the true God, as were Miriam, Deborah,...
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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...
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THE FALSE PROPHETESSES. But women, as well as men, contributed, and
just as fatally, to the popular delusion. The false prophets were
public men, who exercised an influence on politics; the false
prop...
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SET THY FACE AGAINST, &c. This required Divine courage on the part of
Ezekiel. Compare Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel
29:2.
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Denunciation of the false prophetesses
Female prophets were not unknown in Israel whether in earlier or
later times, as Deborah (Judges 4:3) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14). The
prophetesses referred to h...
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LIKEWISE, THOU SON OF MAN— The prophet is here ordered to direct his
discourse against the female pretenders to prophesy, as had been done
in the former part of the chapter against the male. There see...
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B. The Condemnation of the Prophetesses 13:17-23
TRANSLATION
(17) And as for you, son of man, set your face against the daughters
of your people who are prophesying from their heart, and prophesy
aga...
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Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy
people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou
against them,
LIKEWISE, THOU SON OF MAN, SET THY FACE AGAINST T...
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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...
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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...
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(17-23) LIKEWISE, THOU SON OF MAN, SET THY FACE... — This passage
deals with a class of people the false prophetesses, who are not
mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament. True prophetesses, as in th...
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וְ אַתָּ֣ה בֶן ־אָדָ֗ם שִׂ֤ים
פָּנֶ֨יךָ֙ אֶל
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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...
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There were, it should seem, in Ezekiel's days, women also that
prophesied, and those prophesied falsely. We read of one Anna, a
prophetess in the Church, just at the birth of Christ; and the promise
o...
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WE may gather from this passage that Satan’s lies were not spread
among the people so much by men as by women. We know that the gift of
prophecy is sometimes though rarely allowed to women, and there...
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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...
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LIKEWISE, THOU SON OF MAN, SET THY FACE AGAINST THE DAUGHTERS OF THY
PEOPLE,.... The false prophetesses; for as there were women in some
ages, who had the true spirit of prophecy, as Miriam, Deborah,...
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Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy
people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou
against them,
Ver. 17. _Likewise, thou son of man._] A prophet's...
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_Likewise, set thy face against the daughters of thy people_ Direct
thy discourse against the female pretenders to prophecy. God sometimes
bestowed the gift of prophecy upon women, Exodus 15:20; Jdg 9...
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AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETESSES...
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Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy
people, the very expression signifying that these false prophetesses
had cut themselves off from any true fellowship with the true...
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17-23 It is ill with those who had rather hear pleasing lies than
unpleasing truths. The false prophetesses tried to make people secure,
signified by laying them at ease, and to make them proud, sign...
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Now turn thyself and discourse against the prophetesses, fear them
not: see the phrase, EZEKIEL 4:3. Some would have the prophet's words
to be intended against the effeminate men, who were of no value...
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Ezekiel 13:17 son H1121 man H120 set H7760 (H8798) face H6440
daughters H1323 people H5971 prophesy H5012 ...
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THE FALSE PROPHETESSES (EZEKIEL 13:17).
We know from Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4) and Huldah (2
Kings 22:14) that there were r
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“And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your
people, who prophesy out of their own heart, and you prophesy against
them. And say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the women who...
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Ezekiel 13:17
I. The sewing of the pillows under the arms or elbows of those who
came to consult the prophetesses was a symbolical act, intended to
convey an answer by way of parable. The prophetesses...
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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...
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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...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 13:17 Attention turns to women who give
prophecies out of their own imaginations. The term “prophetess,”
used to describe genuine agents of God (e.g., Miriam in Exodus 15:20
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CONDEMNATION OF THE PROPHETESSES (Ezekiel 13:17)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A disposition to prophecy was in the air; so women
as well as men, in Jerusalem and among the exiles, were influenced by
it. Naturall...
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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
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 22:14; 2 Peter 2:1; Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2