エゼキエル書 13:3-6 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-9

The false prophets, who are here prophesied against, were some of them at Jerusalem (Jer. 23:14): I have seen in the prophets at Jerusalem a horrible thing; some of them among the captives in Babylon, for to them Jeremiah writes (Jer. 29:8), Let not your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you. And as God's prophets, though at a distance from each other in place or time, yet preached the same truths, which was an evidence that they were guided by one and the same good Spirit, so the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:3

Thus saith the Lord God, woe unto the foolish prophets ,.... The false prophets, as the Targum; who are foolish, as all are who are not sent of God, and furnished by him with wisdom and knowledge, and who prophesy out of their own hearts; for what else but folly can proceed from thence? this must be a great mortification to these prophets to be called foolish, when they reckoned themselves wise men, being vainly puffed up in their fleshly minds, and were accounted so by others; but what is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes of the deserts. The false prophets, as the Targum; these are called Israel's prophets, because received, embraced, and encouraged by them; not the Lord's, for they were not sent by him, nor had any messages from him; and such are comparable to foxes, for their craftiness and cunning, and lying in wait to deceive, as these seduced the Lord's people, Ezekiel 13:10 ; and such are false teachers, who walk in craftiness, and handle the word of God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:5

Ye have not gone up into the gaps ,.... Or "breaches" F4 בפרצות "in fracturas", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version; "rupturas", Calvin, Piscator, Starckius. ; so the Targum. The allusion is to breaches made in the walls of a city when besieged; at which time those within gather together in great numbers to meet the enemy, and prevent his entrance by the breaches. These words are either spoken to the princes of Israel, the civil magistrates; or to the prophets, who seeing the sins... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:6

They have seen vanity, and lying divination ,.... The visions the false prophets pretended to see were nothing but the fruit of their own fancies and imaginations, and had nothing real in them; and what they divined or foretold should be were all lies, and never came to pass, and never would: saying the Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them ; they came to the people with a lie in their mouths, giving out that the Lord spoke by them; when they had no mission from him; nor any... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:4

Thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts - The cunning of the fox in obtaining his prey has been long proverbial. These false prophets are represented as the foxes who, having got their prey by great subtlety, run to the desert to hide both themselves and it. So the false prophets, when the event did not answer to their prediction, got out of the way, that they might not be overwhelmed with the reproaches and indignation of the people. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:5

Ye have not gone up into the gaps - Far from opposing sinners, who are bringing down the wrath of God upon the place, you prevent their repentance by your flattering promises and false predictions. Ye have neither by prayers, example, nor advice, contributed any thing for the preservation of the place, or the salvation of the people's souls. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:3

Verse 3 Woe to, the foolish or disgraceful prophets נבל, nebel, signifies “a vile person,” “a castaway,” just as נבלה, nebeleh, means “foulness,” “crime,” “wickedness,” although נבל, nebel, is oftener taken for folly, and I willingly embrace this sense as it is generally received. He calls false prophets foolish, because they doubtless fiercely insulted the true servants of God — just like upstarts puffed up with wonderful self-conceit; for the devil, who reigns in them, is the father of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:4

Verse 4 Hence Ezekiel exposes the snares of the false prophets. The ten tribes had been dispersed, just as if a field or a vineyard had been removed from a habitable neighborhood into desert regions, and foxes held their sway there instead. For they have many hiding-places; they insinuate themselves through hedges and all openings, and so break into the vineyard or field, and lay waste its fruits. Such, as I have said, was the condition of the people from the time of its dispersion. While the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:5

Verse 5 Hence he pursues the same sentiment, but presses the false prophets harder. He has said generally that they were sacrilegious, making a false use of God’s name when speaking entirely in their own. He now separates them by another mark from the approved and faithful servants of God, namely, they had not gone up into the breach, nor built up a hedge to protect the house of Israel, that they might stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah. This verse is variously explained: some refer what... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:5

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