Ezekiel 13:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

We have here more plain dealing with the false prophets, and some further articles of their doom. We have seen the people made ashamed of the false prophets (though sometimes they had been fond of them) and casting them away, as they shall do their false gods, with indignation; now here we find them as much ashamed of their false prophecies, which they had sometimes depended upon with much assurance. Observe, I. How the people are deceived by the false prophets. Those flatterers seduce them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

Because, even because they have seduced my people ,.... Who were so by profession; otherwise such who are truly the people of God, though they may be deceived in civil things, yet not in religious matters, at least not totally and finally; in this sense it is impossible to deceive the elect of God; but as false teachers are deceivers, they lie in wait, and use all means to deceive them, and do deceive nominal professors, which is resented by the Lord; and this is given as a reason of their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:10

One built up a wall - A true prophet is as a wall of defense to the people. These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defense; but their wall is bad, and their mortar is worse. One gives a lying vision, another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins. The city is about to be besieged; it needs stronger fortifications than what it possesses. The prophet should be as a brazen wall for its defense; and such my... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:10

Verse 10 Here Ezekiel pursues the same metaphor which he had used with a very slight difference, for there is such an agreement that the connection is apparent between the former and the present sentence. He had said that the false prophets did not go up to the breaches, and did not restore the hedges of the house of Israel: we have explained these words thus — teachers who discharge their duties honestly and sincerely are like builders, who, if they see a breach in a wall, instantly and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-16

The sin and punishment of false prophets. "And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel," etc. This subject has already been introduced in Ezekiel 12:24 . In that verse we have as it were the text, and in this chapter the sermon. It has been suggested that this chapter should be read in conjunction with Jeremiah 23:9-40 . "The identity of phrases and ideas forces upon us the conclusion that the author of the one must have had the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

Peace, when there was no peace. This, as in Micah 3:5 ; Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 23:17 ; Zechariah 10:2 , was the root evil of the false prophet's work. He lulled men into a false security, and so narcotized their consciences. One built up a wall. The imagery starts from the picture of a ruined city already implied in Zechariah 10:4 and Zechariah 10:5 , and expands into a parable in which we note a parallelism With an incisive sarcasm, Ezekiel describes what we should call... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

False peace. "Peace; and there was no peace." I. MEN CRAVE PEACE . A city is alarmed at the prospect of an attack. War stands with famine and plague as one of the three great scourges of man, and it is the greatest of the three. There is a worse war than that of man with his fellow—the war of sin against the soul, the war of the soul against God. This spiritual war wounds, slays, devastates, terrorizes. It is true that many who wage it never confess its hurtfulness, and even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-12

False hopes encouraged and destroyed. "Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace," etc. We have in our text— I. FALSE PROPHETS PROCLAIMING A DELUSIVE SALVATION . The false prophets of Israel assured the people that by reason of their alliance with Egypt they were quite safe against Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and should soon be utterly independent of his control. Thus "they seduced the people, saying, Peace; and there was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The vanity of flattering counsel. It has often been observed regarding the recorded discourses of the Lord Jesus, that his severest denunciations were directed against the hypocritical professors of religion, especially such as misled their fellow men into error and sin. The same may be said of Ezekiel; his language, when exposing the hollow pretensions of the false and foolish prophets, who by their advice were leading the people into destruction, becomes almost invective. The particular... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The foolish builders - a parable. In order to make the lesson more impressive and more abiding, it is repeated in the form of a parable. Our generous God takes immense pains to engrave his truth on human hearts. I. NATIONAL POLITY IS ANALOGOUS TO A BUILDING . As the human body requires some sort of material dwelling to protect it from external evils, so society requires some system of national administration that shall protect it against external foes. That ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 13:10-16

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