Ezekiel 13 - Introduction
_THE REPROOF OF LYING PROPHETS, AND THEIR UNTEMPERED MORTAR. OF PROPHETESSES AND THEIR PILLOWS._ _Before Christ 594._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE REPROOF OF LYING PROPHETS, AND THEIR UNTEMPERED MORTAR. OF PROPHETESSES AND THEIR PILLOWS._ _Before Christ 594._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HAVE SEEN NOTHING— Who give their own imaginations for true prophesies, and pretend to have visions, when they never had any.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE THE FOXES IN THE DESERTS— Or, as the apostle styles them, 2 Corinthians 11:13 _deceitful workers,_ who craftily insinuate false doctrines into unstable minds, and at the same time are hungry and ravenous, greedily catching at the least appearance of advantage. Houbigant renders it, _like the fo... [ Continue Reading ]
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 God was, his purpose to bring back the exiles of Israel into their own land.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ONE BUILT UP A WALL— "The false prophets have deceived my people, by telling them that none of those judgments should overtake them which Jeremiah and the other prophets had foretold; and instead of providing such a defence and bulwark as might secure the people against the judgment threatened t... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL EVEN REND IT, &C.— The Chaldee paraphrast expounds this passage in the following manner, as prophetical of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldean army: "I will bring a mighty king, with the force of a whirlwind, a destroying people resembling an over flowing storm, and powerful princes... [ Continue Reading ]
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 seems no doubt that the expressions in the 18th verse allude to certain magical ceremonies which were m... [ Continue Reading ]
TO ALL ARM-HOLES— See Jeremiah 38:12. This may be figurative language, designed to express that men were taught to recline at ease on their couches, and to partake of banquets. See what Harmer says concerning the eastern mode of sitting supported by pillows, ii. 98. Carpets, mattresses, and cushions... [ Continue Reading ]
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 people were beguiled: against them therefore the prophet is ordered to direct his word. They are ca... [ Continue Reading ]