Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 14:9
The prophet — The false prophet, who speaks all serene, and quiet, in hope of reward. Have deceived — Permitted him to err, or justly left him in his blindness.
The prophet — The false prophet, who speaks all serene, and quiet, in hope of reward. Have deceived — Permitted him to err, or justly left him in his blindness.
Verse Ezekiel 14:9. _I THE LORD HAVE DECEIVED THAT PROPHET_] That is, he ran before he was sent; he willingly became the servant of Satan's illusions; and I _suffered_ this to take place, because he...
I THE LORD HARE DECEIVED THAT PROPHET - A deep truth lies beneath these words, namely, that evil as well as good is under God’s direction. He turns it as He will, employing it to test the sincerity of...
Ezekiel 14:1. These inquiring elders, with wickedness in their hearts, give another illustration of the depth of degradation in which the people had sunk. He who searches the hearts knew what was in t...
INSINCERITY OF THOSE WHO CONSULT THE PROPHETS. Like prophet, like people. The prophets, as _we_ have just seen (Ezekiel 13), were greatly to blame; but no less were the people partly because of their...
HAVE DECEIVED. Hebrew idioms. have permitted him to be deceived: i.e. as. judicial punishment for his own deception of the People. I WILL STRETCH OUT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:20, &c.)...
Fate of the prophet who gives an answer to idolatrous inquirers: he and they shall perish together 9. _be deceived when he hath spoken_ Rather, be deceived (or, enticed) AND SPEAK A WORD, i.e. a proph...
IF THE PROPHET BE DECEIVED— The reader will observe, that Ezekiel, or God by Ezekiel, is here speaking of false prophets or anti-prophets, as described in the foregoing chapter; such as had set themse...
IV. TWO OBJECTIONS ANSWERED 14:1-23 In chapter 14 Ezekiel deals with two theoretical objections which might be raised against his announcement of Jerusalem's judgment. The first is this How can God pu...
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel....
ON PROPHECY, TRUE AND FALSE After rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy (Ezekiel 12:21), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Ezekiel 13:1) and false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:17) o...
The false prophets would have no share in the restoration of Israel which Ezekiel foretold. When he hath spoken a tiling'] RV 'and speaketh a word.' A true prophet will not answer insincere enquirers...
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 14 WICKED LEADERS – EZEKIEL 14:1-23 V1 Some of *Is
AND IF THE PROPHET BE DECEIVED. — The exact sense of the original is, “If a prophet be persuaded and speak a word, I the LORD have persuaded that prophet.” The thought is thus in close connection with...
וְ הַ נָּבִ֤יא כִֽי ־יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְ דִבֶּ֣ר
Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they...
And if the prophet be (f) deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel....
Err. He speaks of false prophets, answering out of their own heads, and according to their own corrupt inclinations. --- Deceived, &c. God Almighty deceives false prophets, partly by withdrawing his l...
There is somewhat most awful in what the Lord here saith of deceiving the Prophet. The sense seems to be this. When men heap to themselves teachers having itching ears, and turn away from the truth, a...
Here God meets that foolish thought in which many minds are rapt up. When they had their own impostors at hand, they thought that all God’s threats could be repelled as it were by a shield. Jeremiah a...
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...
AND IF THE PROPHET BE DECEIVED WHEN HE HATH SPOKEN A THING,.... That is pleasing to men, and is not true, in hope of reward and applause, but it never comes to pass, and his expectations are not answe...
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. Ve...
_And if the prophet be deceived_ Or, _seduced._ This is to be understood of the false prophets, whose practices are reproved throughout the whole foregoing chapter. _I the Lord have deceived that prop...
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
And if the prophet, one who really considers himself a minister of Jehovah, BE DECEIVED WHEN HE HATH SPOKEN A THING, permitting himself, for any reason whatever, to be led astray and to deviate from t...
1-11 No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their own righteousness, to the way of salvation! Men'...
THE PROPHET, viz. the prophet who makes this his trade and gain, the false prophet, who speaks all serene and quiet, in hope of reward for his kind answer to those that desired to hear what might plea...
Ezekiel 14:9 prophet H5030 induced H6601 (H8792) speak H1696 (H8765) anything H1697 LORD H3068 induced H6601 ...
“And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I Yahweh have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from among my people Israel. And they will bear thei...
CONTENTS: Vision of the elders of Israel. Jerusalem on no account to be spared. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Noah, Job, Daniel. CONCLUSION: Many who have no idols in their sanctuary have idols in their...
Ezekiel 14:1. _Then came certain of the elders of Israel,_ ex-judges and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to know whether there were any hope of their return to Jerusalem...
_These men have set up their idols in their heart._ HEART IDOLS The Lord is now going to search the heart, to turn out the corners of the inmost recesses of the mind, the idol and favourite sin. He w...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:1 The theme of false prophecy continues (vv. Ezekiel 14:9). The ELDERS in exile (v....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:9 I, THE LORD, HAVE DECEIVED THAT PROPHET. One of the forms of God’s judgment is allowing people to believe falsehood, or even (as in this verse) leading them to believe fal...
JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW IDOLATERS TO ENQUIRE OF HIM: THE CERTAINTY OF THE JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED AGAINST THEM (Chap. 14) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The visit of the elders of the people to the prophet was the...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 14:1 As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain ELDERS OF ISRAEL, _i_._e_. of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what counsels or wh...
CHAPTER 14. HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRERS AFTER GOD THEIR WICKEDNESS DISCOVERED AND REBUKED. Ezekiel 14:1. _And there came to me some of the elders of Israel and sat before me._ Ezekiel 14:2. _And the wor...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling...
1 Kings 22:20; 2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 12:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:9;...
Did God deceive these false prophets? PROBLEM: Ezekiel declares that God “induced” the false prophets to speak and then would “destroy” them for doing so. But this sounds deceptive. SOLUTION: God’s a...