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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 13:7

saith it; albeit, &c. A solemn warning as to some of the changes made in tbe Vulgate versions. Compare Ezekiel 2:5-7 . Jeremiah 23:21 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:8

8. I am against you—rather understand, "I come against you," to punish your wicked profanation of My name (compare Revelation 2:5; Revelation 2:16). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:1-16

Condemnation of the male false prophets 13:1-16Ezekiel first confronted the male false prophets, and then he explained the reasons that God would judge them. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:6-7

When these prophets claimed to speak a message from the Lord they were only uttering falsehood and presenting the results of deceptive pagan divination. The Lord had not sent them, yet they expected their prophecies to come to pass. Yahweh asked them if their claimed revelations from Him were not really just false visions and lying divinations."Today there are also many ’false prophets’ ministering in religious places, leading people into judgment rather than turning them to Christ and the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:8-9

The Lord told these false prophets that He opposed them for what they had done. He would act against them by removing them from positions of influence among His people, depriving them of the rights of citizenship in Israel (cf. Ezra 2:62; Luke 10:20; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 20:15), and preventing them from returning to the Promised Land. They had failed as "watchmen" over the house of Israel (cf. Ezekiel 3:16-21). The fulfillment of these judgments would prove to them that Yahweh was Lord... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:1-23

On Prophecy, True and FalseAfter rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy (Eze 12:21-28), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Eze 13:1-16) and false prophetesses (Eze 13:17-23) of Israel. A visit from the elders next supplies the occasion for an announcement of the principles on which God deals both with false enquirers and with the prophets who answer them (Eze 14:1-11).(a) Contempt of Prophecy Rebuked (Eze 12:21-28)This contempt took two forms. On the one hand it had become... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 13:6-17

(6) They have made others to hope.—Omit the word “others,” which is not in the original, and translate, “The Lord hath not sent them that they should hope”—i.e., they have no ground to expect that their prophecies will prove true, because they have no warrant for uttering them.EXCURSUS D: ON CHAPTER 13:6, 7, AND 17.In these verses a broad and crucial distinction is made between the self-imagined vision and that which is sent from the Lord. It may be that in this case the prophets and... read more

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