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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

Peace, when there was no peace. This, as in Micah 3:5 ; Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 23:17 ; Zechariah 10:2 , was the root evil of the false prophet's work. He lulled men into a false security, and so narcotized their consciences. One built up a wall. The imagery starts from the picture of a ruined city already implied in Zechariah 10:4 and Zechariah 10:5 , and expands into a parable in which we note a parallelism With an incisive sarcasm, Ezekiel describes what we should call... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

False peace. "Peace; and there was no peace." I. MEN CRAVE PEACE . A city is alarmed at the prospect of an attack. War stands with famine and plague as one of the three great scourges of man, and it is the greatest of the three. There is a worse war than that of man with his fellow—the war of sin against the soul, the war of the soul against God. This spiritual war wounds, slays, devastates, terrorizes. It is true that many who wage it never confess its hurtfulness, and even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-12

False hopes encouraged and destroyed. "Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace," etc. We have in our text— I. FALSE PROPHETS PROCLAIMING A DELUSIVE SALVATION . The false prophets of Israel assured the people that by reason of their alliance with Egypt they were quite safe against Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and should soon be utterly independent of his control. Thus "they seduced the people, saying, Peace; and there was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The vanity of flattering counsel. It has often been observed regarding the recorded discourses of the Lord Jesus, that his severest denunciations were directed against the hypocritical professors of religion, especially such as misled their fellow men into error and sin. The same may be said of Ezekiel; his language, when exposing the hollow pretensions of the false and foolish prophets, who by their advice were leading the people into destruction, becomes almost invective. The particular... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The foolish builders - a parable. In order to make the lesson more impressive and more abiding, it is repeated in the form of a parable. Our generous God takes immense pains to engrave his truth on human hearts. I. NATIONAL POLITY IS ANALOGOUS TO A BUILDING . As the human body requires some sort of material dwelling to protect it from external evils, so society requires some system of national administration that shall protect it against external foes. That ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:11

In words which would almost seem to have been in our Lord's thoughts in Matthew 7:25 , we have the picture of an Eastern storm, torrents of rain passing into hail ( LXX ; λίθοι πετρόβολοι ) , accompanied by a tornado of irresistible violence (compare like pictures in Exodus 9:22 ; Joshua 10:11 ; Isaiah 30:30 ; Isaiah 28:2 , Isaiah 28:17 ). And when the disaster comes men will turn to those who professed to be master builders and repairers of the breach, with derision, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:11-16

Untempered mortar. The teaching of the false prophets of peace is here compared to a wall built of untempered mortar, which is overthrown in a tern pest. I. A FALSE HOPE IS LIKE A WALL BUILT WITH UNTEMPERED MORTAR . 1 . It offers protection. The wall is built, and it endures long enough to invite the threatened people to take shelter behind it. It stands between them and the enemy. So a false hope is planted between men and their danger, like a city wall, and it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:10

Wall - A partition wall; in Ezekiel 13:12, the word used is the usual word for the outer wall of a house or city. The fall of the partition wall would perhaps involve the fall of the whole house.Untempered morter - Or, whited plaster, employed to patch up a wall, so as to give it an appearance (without the reality) of strength and beauty. Compare Matthew 23:27. In the original there is a play upon a word rendered “folly” in Jeremiah 23:13. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 13:10-15

Ezekiel 13:10-15. They have seduced my people, &c. Have made my people to err, both with respect to the greatness of their own guilt, and my displeasure on account of it, as if both were less than they really are, and no great danger was to be apprehended. They deceived them, by assuring them that none of those judgments should overtake them which Jeremiah and the other true prophets threatened them with, and they spoke peace to men’s consciences upon false grounds and principles. Thus... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-23

Condemnation of false prophets (13:1-23)False prophets were a constant danger, both those in Jerusalem and those among the exiles in Babylon. They were bad guides, spiritually and morally, because they proclaimed only what they themselves wanted. They had no knowledge of the mind of God (13:1-3). Judah was falling into ruins, but the false prophets, instead of helping to repair and strengthen the nation, cunningly exploited the situation for their own benefit. They were like foxes digging holes... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:11-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 13:10-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-23

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