エゼキエル書 13:18 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

As God has promised that when he pours out his Spirit upon his people both their sons and their daughters shall prophesy, so the devil, when he acts as a spirit of lies and falsehood, is so in the mouth not only of false prophets, but of false prophetesses too, and those are the deceivers whom the prophet is here directed to prophesy against; for they are not such despicable enemies to God's truths as deserve not to be taken notice of, nor yet will either the weakness of their sex excuse their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:18

And say, thus saith the Lord God, woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes ,.... Or, "put pillows to all elbows" F12 למתפרות "applicantibus, sive accommodantibus", Gataker; "conjungentibus, vel adunantibus", Gussetius, Ebr. Comment. p. 947. כסתות על כל אצילי "pulvillos super omnes cubitos manus", Calvin; "pro omnibus cubitis manuum", Piscator. ; thereby signifying that they might be at ease, and rest secure, and look upon themselves as in the utmost safety, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:18

That sew pillows to all arm holes - I believe this refers to those cushions which are so copiously provided in the eastern countries for the apartments of women; on which they sit, lean, rest their heads, and prop up their arms. I have several drawings of eastern ladies, who are represented on sofas; and often with their arm thrown over a pillow, which is thereby pressed close to their side, and against which they thus recline. The prophet's discourse seems to point out that state of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:18

Verse 18 It is said, then, woe to those who sew pillows or cushions; it is the same thing — to all armholes, and to those who make covers for the head of every stature. There is no doubt that by these tricks they deluded the minds and eyes of the simple. It is evident from the law that some ceremonies are useful, since God commands nothing superfluous; but Satan by his cunning turns everything useful to man’s destruction. Meanwhile we must remark that false prophets were always immoderately... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-20

Effeminate religion. If Ezekiel is not to be read with prosaic literalness as referring to the women of Jerusalem, but is to be understood to describe, in scornful metaphor, the false prophets as daughters of Jerusalem sewing pillows, he has here given us a picture of effeminate religion. I. THE RELIGION WHICH IGNORES STERN FACTS IS EFFEMINATE . 1 . There is a noble sphere for woman in religion. The women of the Bible give us many a fine example of exalted piety.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

False prophetesses. Women have always played an important part in the religious history of every nation, sometimes for good, sometimes for evil. The Scriptures, with their proverbial impartiality, record instances of both kinds—of women who rendered signal service to their people by their fidelity to God, and of women who used their influence to corrupt and to mislead those over whom their power extended. Of the prophetesses whose pretensions are exposed in this passage we know nothing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

Effeminate religion. Moral evil is sadly contagious. The boastful, arrogant temper of the false prophets spread to the women also. It was a time of great excitement—a national crisis, in which all political considerations were intermingled with religion. Amid the general panic of fear, women as well as men were stirred to action. The party who sought God and desired to know his will were a small minority. The major part of the people, both men and women, were carried away by a spirit of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

False prophetesses, their characteristics and condemnation, "Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people," etc. God sometimes raised up and inspired women to be prophetesses to his people. Miriam ( Exodus 15:20 ), Deborah ( 4:4 ), Hannah ( 1 Samuel 2:1-10 ), and Huldah ( 2 Kings 22:14-20 ) were genuine prophetesses of the Lord in the times of the Old Testament. And in the time of Ezekiel there were false prophetesses—women who pretended to possess... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:18

Woe to the women who sew pillows, etc. Ezekiel's minute description, though it is from a different standpoint, reminds us of that in Isaiah 3:18-26 . In both cases there are the difficulties inseparable from the fact that he had seen what he describes, and that we have not; and that he uses words which were familiar enough then, but are now found nowhere else. so that (as in the case of the ἐξουσία of 1 Corinthians 11:10 ) we have to guess their meaning. The picture which he draws... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:17-23

A rebuke to the false prophetesses, and a declaration that God will confound them, and deliver their victims from their snares. Women were sometimes inspired by the true God, as were Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, and Huldah; but an order of prophetesses was unknown among the people of God, and the existence of such a class in the last days of the kings of Judah was a fresh instance of declension into pagan usages.Ezekiel 13:18-21. Render thus: “Woe to the women that” put charms on every... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:17-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 13:17-23

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