Ezekiel 13:10-14 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:11

Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar ,.... The false prophets, that flattered the people with peace, prosperity, and safety: that it shall fall ; the wall they have built and daubed over; the city of Jerusalem shall be taken and destroyed; the predictions of the prophets shall prove lies; and the vain hopes and expectations of the people fail: there shall be an overflowing shower ; that shall wash away the wall with its untempered mortar; meaning the Chaldean army,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:12

Lo, when the wall is fallen ,.... Jerusalem is taken: shall it not be said unto you ; the false prophets, by the people who had been deceived by them: where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it ? what is become of all your promises of peace, and assurance of safety and prosperity; your smooth words and plausible arguments; your specious pretences, and flattering prophecies? thus would they be insulted by those they had deceived, as well as laughed at by such who disregarded... read more

John Gill

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

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Confirming what he had before bid the prophet say, Ezekiel 13:11 ; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury ; stormy winds sometimes rend rocks asunder, 1 Kings 19:11 ; and much more feeble tottering walls; what is before ascribed to the stormy wind is said to be done here by the Lord himself, making use of that as an instrument; stormy winds fulfil his word, Psalm 148:8 ; the cause of which is his wrath, which made the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:14

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar ,.... Which is repeated and expressed in these words, both for the sake of confirmation and explanation of what is before said: and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered ; meaning the city of Jerusalem, and by these phrases declaring the utter destruction of it; whereby also would be discovered the vain assurances and lying predictions of the false prophets, and which... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:11

There shall be an overflowing shower - That shall wash off this bad mortar; sweep away the ground on which the wall stands, and level it with the earth. In the eastern countries, where the walls are built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are often occasioned by tempestuous rains. Of this sort of materials were the walls of ancient cities made, and hence the reason why no vestige of them remains. Witness Babylon, which was thus built. See the note on Ezekiel 4:1 . 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:11

Verse 11 How, then, can it happen that we can be at rest while God is opposed to us? Thou shalt say, therefore, to those who daub with untempered mortar, it shall fall. Here the Spirit signifies that the false prophets should be subject to the greatest ridicule, when they shall be convicted by the event, and their is shall be proved by clear proof. Hence, also, we may gather the utility of the doctrine which Paul teaches, that we must stand bravely when God gives the reins to impostors to... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:12

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:14

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:11

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:11

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