John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:9
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies ,.... Meaning, by his hand, not the true spirit of prophecy, attended with a divine power and energy, as in Ezekiel 1:3 ; but the wrath and power of God seizing on them and punishing them. So the Targum, "and the stroke of my power shall be upon the false prophets, &c.;' The sense is, that they should feel the weight of his hand, and the lighting down of his arm with the indignation of his wrath, by... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... This is what he says, and it may be depended on will come to pass; though the other he said not, they said he did, but was a lying divination: because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies ; which will in the issue prove so, lying and deceitful; what never came from God, but from themselves and the father of lies, and would never be accomplished: therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God ; or, "I unto you"; which may be supplied... read more