Ezekiel 13:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word of the Lord._] See on Ezekiel 12:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word of the Lord._] See on Ezekiel 12:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Ver. 2. _Prophesy against the prophets._] _Illis enim crania mala feruntur accepts._ See Jeremiah 23:32,33; Jeremiah 23:38 . _ That prophes... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Ver. 3. _Woe unto the foolish prophets._] Wise enough they were in their generation - and so are the foxes, whereto they are compared Eze 13:4 - but in the things of God, silly simples, blin... [ Continue Reading ]
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ver. 4. _O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes._] Cowardly, crafty, cruel, greedy: _venatores eludunt, et cum mortuae videntur, reviviscunt._ Heretics are such, and false prophets; Arius, for instance.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. Ver. 5. _Ye have not gone up into the gaps._] Reclaimed the people from their impieties, those inlets of plagues, nor interceded for them by your prayers to God to tur... [ Continue Reading ]
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word. Ver. 6. _They have seen vanity._] This is soon seen. Eze 13:3 _ Saying, The Lord saith._] By a lying pretence, familiar with fa... [ Continue Reading ]
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith [it]; albeit I have not spoken? Ver. 7. _Have ye not seen a vain vision?_] _i.e., _ I appeal to your own consciences, have ye not falsely feigned all? Seducers are extremely impudent, with perv... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I [am] against you, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 8. _Behold, I am against you._] Heb., Be hold I against you, by an angry aposiopesis. _a_ The Chaldee hath it, I will send my wrath against; you, and that... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered [morter]:_ Ver. 10. _Because, even because._] Heb., For that, and for that; an angry epizeuxis. _a_ See Ezekiel 13:8 . _ Saying, Peace, pe... [ Continue Reading ]
Say unto them which daub [it] with untempered [morter], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend [it]. Ver. 11. _Say unto them._] Tell them so from me, and they may trust to it. _Dei dicere est facere._ For God, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where [is] the daubing wherewith ye have daubed [it]?_ Ver. 12. _Lo, when the wall is fallen._] As fall it will, and with a force, because made of ill mortar; and they that stand under it for shelter shall perish, as did sometimes seven a... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend [it] with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in [my] fury to consume [it]. Ver. 13. _I will even rend it with a stormy wind._] _Vento turbinum; _ with a whirlwind or hurricane. Se... [ Continue Reading ]
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [morter], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 14. _So that the foundation... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered [morter], and will say unto you, The wall [is] no [more], neither they that daubed it;_ Ver. 15. _Thus will I accomplish my wrath._] God's wrath is dreadful, when let out in little minums only; but whe... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 13:16 [To wit], the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and [there is] no peace, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 16. _To wit, the prophets of Israel._] A name too good for them; but so they would needs be called. See Titus 1:12 2 Peter 2:... [ Continue Reading ]
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 work is never done. _Agricolis redit labor actus in orbem._ Set thy face against the daughters.] Th... [ Continue Reading ]
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you? Ver. 18. _That sew pillows._] In token of most certain... [ Continue Reading ]
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 people that hear [your] lies? Ver. 19. _For handfuls of barley end for pieces._] Like so many base gyps... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, [even] the souls that ye hunt to make [them] fly. Ver. 20. _Behold, I am against your pillows._] God's hatred... [ Continue Reading ]
_Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD._ Ver. 21. _And they shall be no more in your hand._] God's own people may be, for a time, in the hand of seducers, and taken in thei... [ Continue Reading ]
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: Ver. 22. _Because with lies ye have made the heart of my people sad._] False doctrines and wicked... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 23. _Therefore ye shall see no more vanity._] By rendering you not only contemptible, but ridiculous. Or by redding the world of such pestilent... [ Continue Reading ]