Ezekiel 13:19 NIV

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 13:19

And will ye pollute me among my people ,.... Defile the name of the Lord, by abusing it, to cover their wicked designs and practices, pretending they were seat by him, when they were not; that what they said came from him, though he spoke not by them; and that it was his will they declared, when it was their own, and what came out of their own hearts and heads: so the Targum, "will ye pollute my will among my people"; to profane his name among the Gentiles was a great sin, but to pollute it... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:19

Verse 19 Here God accuses these women of a double crime; one crime was that which I have mentioned, cruelly to destroy the souls which were sacred to God, and hence were destined to be saved; but he added a more atrocious crime — that of sacrilege, because they had abused the name of God to deceive. Nothing is less tolerable than when God’s truth is turned into a lie, because this is like reducing him to nothing. God is truth; if, therefore, that is abolished, what else will remain behind? God... 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 13:19

Will ye pollute me , etc.? rather, with the Revised Version, ye have profaned, the interrogative form not being continued in the Hebrew. The prophet dwells with scorn on the miserable pay for which the prophetesses were guilty of so great a sin. Not for rewards of divination, like those of Balsam ( Numbers 22:7 ), but for gifts like those bestowed on the harlot or the beggar (l Samuel 2:36; Hosea 3:2 )— for handfuls of barley and pieces of bread —they plied their wretched trade. For... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 13:17-19

Ezekiel 13:17-19. Likewise, set thy face against the daughters of thy people Direct thy discourse against the female pretenders to prophecy. God sometimes bestowed the gift of prophecy upon women, Exodus 15:20; Jdg 9:4 ; 2 Kings 22:14. This encouraged others of that sex to pretend to the same gift: compare Revelation 2:20. Wo to the women that sew pillows, &c. As the prophet compares the deceitful practices of the false prophets to the daubing of a wall, so he represents the artifices... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 13:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 13:19

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 13:19

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 13:17-19

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