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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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TO SLAY, &c. to prophesy (falsely) that they should be slain. Figure
of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). App-6.
TO SAVE, &c.. to promise life to those who should not live. Figure of
speech _Metonymy_...
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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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_and will ye pollute_ Rather, directly: and YE PROFANE ME. To
"profane" the Lord is to bring him down from the high sphere of purity
or truth or power, where men's thoughts should place him, into the...
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AND FOR PIECES OF BREAD— See Jeremiah 37:21.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, The false prophets abounded, both in Judaea and
among the captives in Babylon; and by their flattering speeches the
hearts of the unwary...
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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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And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save
the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peo...
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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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(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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HANDFULS OF BARLEY. — It was an ancient custom to bring presents to
a prophet on consulting him (1 Samuel 9:7; 1 Kings 14:3); but as
barley was a cheap grain, and handfuls a very small quantity, these...
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וַ תְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה אֹתִ֜י אֶל ־עַמִּ֗י
בְּ שַׁ
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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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And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of (k) barley and
for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and (l) to
save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to...
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_Violated me. That is, dishonoured and discredited me. (Challoner) ---
Protestants, "and will ye pollute?" &c. (Haydock) --- They employed
the name of God to give credit to their lies, for the smalles...
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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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Here God accuses these women of a double crime; one crime was that
which I have mentioned, cruelly to destroy the souls which were sacred
to God, and hence were destined to be saved; but he added a mo...
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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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AND WILL YE POLLUTE ME AMONG MY PEOPLE,.... Defile the name of the
Lord, by abusing it, to cover their wicked designs and practices,
pretending they were seat by him, when they were not; that what the...
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And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save
the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peop...
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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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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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WILL YE POLLUTE ME? profanely contradicting what is indeed spoken in
my name, and pretending my name for that I never spake, nor will do.
AMONG MY PEOPLE; who are my peculiar, who have my word and tru...
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Ezekiel 13:19 profane H2490 (H8762) people H5971 handfuls H8168 barley
H8184 pieces H6595 bread H3899 killing H4191
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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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1 Corinthians 8:11; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:16; 1 Samuel 2:17; 2 Pet
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Pollute me — Pretending my name for what I never spake. My people
— My own people. Handfuls of barley — For a mean reward. To slay
— You denounce evil to the best, whom God wilt keep alive. To save
—...