E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 13:21
your . Feminine suffix. read more
エゼキエル書 13:18-22 Jc
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 13:22
the righteous = a righteous one. the wicked = a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha. App-44 . his wicked way = his wrong way. Heb raa . App-44 . by . . . life . Here the Figures in Ezekiel 13:20 are translated. life. Continuance in life: i.e. escape from the judgments announced by Jehovah. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:20
"Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye hunt the souls to make them fly. Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive; therefore ye shall... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 13:17-18
Ezekiel 13:17-18. 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 made use of in their incantations, by these female pretenders to prophesy: but no commentator has yet been able to ascertain their precise meaning; nor do I think it possible without... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 13:18
Ezekiel 13:18. 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 are the furniture of divans. Russell's Hist. of Aleppo, 4to, 101. Sir John Chardin also mentions a mattress with large cushions placed at the back and sides of the person, who uses it... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 13:19
Ezekiel 13:19. 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 called the prophets of Israel: probably they arrogated that title to themselves, and persecuted the few faithful prophets because they remonstrated against and contradicted their... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:18
18. sew pillows to . . . armholes—rather, elbows and wrists, for which the false prophetesses made cushions to lean on, as a symbolical act, typifying the perfect tranquility which they foretold to those consulting them. Perhaps they made their dupes rest on these cushions in a fancied state of ecstasy after they had made them at first stand (whence the expression, "every stature," is used for "men of every age"). As the men are said to have built a wall (Ezekiel 13:10), so the women are said... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:19
19. handfuls—expressing the paltry gain for which they bartered immortal souls (compare Micah 3:5; Micah 3:11; Hebrews 12:16). They "polluted" God by making His name the cloak under which they uttered falsehoods. among my people—an aggravation of their sin, that they committed it "among the people" whom God had chosen as peculiarly His own, and among whom He had His temple. It would have been a sin to have done so even among the Gentiles, who knew not God; much more so among the people of God... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:20
20. I am against your pillows—that is, against your lying ceremonial tricks by which ye cheat the people. to make them fly—namely, into their snares, as fowlers disturb birds so as to be suddenly caught in the net spread for them. "Fly" is peculiarly appropriate as to those lofty spiritual flights to which they pretended to raise their dupes when they veiled their heads with kerchiefs and made them rest on luxurious arm-cushions ( :-). let . . . souls go—"Ye make them fly" in order to destroy... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 13:20
Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . fly = escape. I will tear . So that these wraps could be torn away. read more