Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 13:3
Ezekiel 13:3. And have seen nothing— Who give their own imaginations for true prophesies, and pretend to have visions, when they never had any. read more
以西結書 13:1-3 Cunpts
Thomas Coke
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:1
1. As the twelfth chapter denounced the false expectations of the people, so this denounces the false leaders who fed those expectations. As an independent witness, Ezekiel confirms at the Chebar the testimony of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:21; Jeremiah 29:31) in his letter from Jerusalem to the captive exiles, against the false prophets; of these some were conscious knaves, others fanatical dupes of their own frauds; for example, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah. Hananiah must have believed his own lie,... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:2
2. that prophesy—namely, a speedy return to Jerusalem. out of . . . own hearts—alluding to the words of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 23:26); that is, what they prophesied was what they and the people wished; the wish was father to the thought. The people wished to be deceived, and so were deceived. They were inexcusable, for they had among them true prophets (who spoke not their own thoughts, but as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Peter 1:21), whom they might have known to be such,... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:3
3. foolish—though vaunting as though exclusively possessing "wisdom" ( :-); the fear of God being the only beginning of wisdom ( :-). their own spirit—instead of the Spirit of God. A threefold distinction lay between the false and the true prophets: (1) The source of their messages respectively; of the false, "their own hearts"; of the true, an object presented to the spiritual sense (named from the noblest of the senses, a seeing) by the Spirit of God as from without, not produced by their own... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:1-3
The Lord gave Ezekiel a message for the prophets who were devising messages for the Jews from their own hearts and calling them prophecies from Yahweh. He was using the word "prophet" ironically; these were not true prophets, but they claimed to be such. Ezekiel was to announce judgment on these false prophets. They were foolish (Heb. nabal) because they disregarded God’s word and relied on themselves. This is the essential mark of this type of fool in the Old Testament (cf. 1 Samuel 25; 2... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:1-7
The characteristics of these prophets 13:1-7 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
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 13:3
(3) Foolish prophets.—They were certainly foolish who undertook to forge the name of the Omniscient, as it were, to utterances of their own devising. Folly according to the use of the word in the Old Testament, was not merely an intellectual failing, but was always associated with moral obliquity. (See Psalms 14:1, and Proverbs throughout.) The last clause of the verse is better expressed in the margin: these prophets were. “seers of that which they have not seen.” read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:1
AGAINST LYING PROPHETS AND FALSE PROPHETESSESKeil divided this chapter into only two divisions, namely, (1) prophecies against false prophets (Ezekiel 13:1-16), and (2) prophecies against the false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:17-23). Bruce further divided the first division as 1st and 2nd denunciations of the false prophets in Ezekiel 13:1-9 and Ezekiel 13:10-16, respectively.THE FIRST DENUNCIATION AGAINST FALSE PROPHETSEzekiel 13:1-9"And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man,... read more