Ezekiel 13:2

prophets of Israel that prophesy There seems a kind of sarcasm on "prophets of Israel," those whom Israel accepts and delights to regard as prophets (Micah 2:11); and a similar sarcasm in "that prophesy." They prophesied and that without limit: their mouths were always full of "thus saith the Lord" (Ezekiel 13:6). LXX., however, reads rather differently. Jeremiah 18:18 shews how the people regarded their prophets; they had faith in them and believed that Jehovah spoke by them, while such men as Jeremiah they judged to be false prophets: Come, let us devise devices against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Cf. Jeremiah 43:2.

their own hearts The inspiration of these prophets came from their own hearts or minds their own thoughts and hopes, and judgment upon the situation in which they were placed. They had nothing higher than human wisdom, while the inspiration of the true prophet came from the spirit of God.