Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 13:14
Ye shall know — Those that deceived others, will in the end be found to have deceived themselves. And no doom will be more fearful, than that of unfaithful ministers.
Ye shall know — Those that deceived others, will in the end be found to have deceived themselves. And no doom will be more fearful, than that of unfaithful ministers.
Ezekiel 13:1. And now the Lord speaks through Ezekiel about the false prophets in the midst of His people. They prophesied out of their own hearts; or as it might be rendered, “Who prophesy from their...
Their doom is therefore sealed. They too will be confounded in the confusion which they have helped to create. They shall be swept off the land of Israel, and their names shall not appear on the regis...
IT. Feminine, referring to _ruach_ (the wind in Ezekiel 13:11), YE SHALL KNOW,&c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7....
_shall be discovered_ i.e. uncovered, laid bare. The prophets shall be destroyed in the ruins of the wall (Amos 9:1). The figure tends in these words to be replaced by the reality, namely, Jerusalem a...
III. TWO SCATHING ORACLES DELIVERED 13:1-23 In chapter 13 Ezekiel directs his attack against those who spawned the blasphemous proverbs which he has just refuted in Ezekiel 12:21-28. Ezekiel denounce...
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consu...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 GOD WILL PUNISH THE FALSE *PROPHETS – EZEKIEL 13:1-23...
THEY HAVE MADE OTHERS TO HOPE. — Omit the word “others,” which is not in the original, and translate, “The Lord hath not sent them that they should hope” — _i.e._, they have no ground to expect that t...
וְ הָ֨רַסְתִּ֜י אֶת ־הַ קִּ֨יר אֲשֶׁר ־טַחְתּ
The next movement in the prophesying was a denunciation of false prophets and prophetesses. The prophets were not inspired by the Spirit of God, but followed their own spirit. In so doing they had, li...
_You. Literally, "it." But Hebrew and Septuagint have, "ye." (Haydock) --- The wall and the inhabitants shall perish. (Calmet)_...
There is somewhat very striking and awful in this scripture. One should hardly conceive it possible that any men, much less a multitude of men, should ever go forward unsent, and without authority fro...
This verse ought to be united with the other: God says, _I will throw down the wall_. For the false prophets had acquired so much favor, that their boasting was as much esteemed as an oracle. Hence th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel come an...
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...
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [morter], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be cons...
_They have seduced my people_, &c. Have made my people to err, both with respect to the greatness of their own guilt, and my displeasure on account of it, as if both were less than they really are, an...
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, laid bare, AND IT SHALL FALL, AND YE SHALL...
AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
10-16 One false prophet built the wall, set up the notion that Jerusalem should be victorious, and made himself acceptable by it. Others made the matter yet more plausible and promising; they daubed...
This verse with very little variation repeats the same dreadful procedure of God against this people, and these false prophets, and their false, ill-grounded confidences. And this repeating these thin...
Ezekiel 13:14 down H2040 (H8804) wall H7023 plastered H2902 (H8804) untempered H8602 bring H5060 (H8689) ground...
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my anger, and there will be drenching rain in my fury, and great hailstones in anger to consume it. So will I break down...
CONTENTS: Message against lying prophets. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Since the devil is the father of lies, those put the highest affront upon God who, claiming to be his prophets, tell l...
Ezekiel 13:3. _Woe to the foolish prophets oh Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts._ The vineyards in rough and rocky places, like our bramble, produced the most delicious grapes. Th...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 13:10 A further connection with Jeremiah brackets this second oracle: the false declaration of PEACE (vv. Ezekiel 13:10,...
(4.) OF FALSE PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES (Chap. 13) _Condemnation of the Prophets_ (Ezekiel 13:1) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The declaration in Ezekiel 12:24 was that unsubstantiated and delusive prophecy shou...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 13:1 Another interval follows, and then a fresh and fuller burst of inspiration, manifestly in close connection with Ezekiel 12:21, and to be read in combination with Jer
CHAPTER 13. THE FALSE IN PROPHECY, ITS CHARACTER AND DOOM. A VERY close connection exists between the subject of this chapter and the one immediately preceding. The former had denounced the false exp...
The word of the LORD came unto me saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say unto them that prophesy is out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; T...
1 Corinthians 3:11; Ezekiel 13:21; Ezekiel 13:23; Ezekiel 13:9;...