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
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:4-5
The Lord compared these false prophets to foxes or jackals (Heb. shu’alim) that prowled around among ruins looking for holes in which to hide (cf. Nehemiah 4:3; Lamentations 5:18). The same Hebrew word refers to both animals. They had not tried to repair conditions that had resulted in Israel’s weakness and vulnerability nor had they strengthened the nation spiritually (cf. Ezekiel 22:30). Building the wall around the house of Israel so it could stand in the battle of the day of the Lord refers... 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
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 13:4
(4) Like the foxes in the deserts.—The comparison is sufficiently close if it is considered as extending only to these mischievous men living unconcerned among the ruins of their state and country, as the foxes find their home in desolated cities (Lamentations 5:18); but many extend the simile to the undermining of the ground by the foxes, as these prophets accelerated the ruin of their people. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 13:5
(5) Ye have not gone up into the gaps.—The change of person is frequent enough in prophecy, and especially common in Ezekiel. It is changed back in Ezekiel 13:6, and changed again in Ezekiel 13:7. The gaps refer to the breaches in the wall made by the enemy, which became the rallying point of every brave leader (see Ezekiel 22:30), and the following words express essentially the same thought. The word “hedge” should rather be translated wall—“neither have ye built up the wall.” The false... 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
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 13:1-23
Making the Righteous Sad Ezekiel 13:22 I. Sadness is not Necessarily from God. When sadness is God's gift, we do well to accept the unwelcome gift, for who can tell what far-off interest it may yield? Sadness, however, as our text reminds us, must not always be fathered on God. Sadness often originates in temperament. Do not blame God if you are melancholic; blame your yielding to your temperament. Grace can enable a man to rise above his temperament. The worry of these worrying days... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-23
8PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSESEzekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed under the general name of "prophecy." In Israel, as in every ancient state, there was a body of men who sought to influence public opinion by prognostications of the future. As a rule the repute of all kinds of divination declined with the advance of civilisation and general intelligence, so that in the more... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 13:1-7
The characteristics of these prophets 13:1-7 read more