heart of the righteous sad Or, discourage the heart of the righteous opposed to "strengthen the hands" of the wicked. The word rendered "made sad" or pained in the end of the clause might have been expected.
by promising him life Rather: and be saved alive; lit. so as to save him alive. The agent is not expressed.
Verse Ezekiel 13:22. _WITH LIES YE HAVE MADE THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS SAD_] Here is the _ministry_ of these false prophetesses, and its effects. _They told lies_: they would _speak_, and they had n...
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,...
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...
THE FALSE PROPHETESSES. But women, as well as men, contributed, and just as fatally, to the popular delusion. The false prophets were public men, who exercised an influence on politics; the false prop...
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha._ App-44. HIS WICKED WAY. his wrong way. Heb _raa_. App-44. BY... LIFE. Here the Figures in Ezekiel 13:20 are translated....
B. The Condemnation of the Prophetesses 13:17-23 TRANSLATION (17) And as for you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their heart, and prophesy aga...
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life...
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...
(17-23) LIKEWISE, THOU SON OF MAN, SET THY FACE... — This passage deals with a class of people the false prophetesses, who are not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament. True prophetesses, as in th...
יַ֣עַן הַכְאֹ֤ות לֵב ־צַדִּיק֙ שֶׁ֔קֶר וַ אֲנ
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...
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the (n) righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him l...
CHAPTER XIII. _ Just. Jeremias, or any other, particularly the more simple, who were easily seduced and filled with apprehensions. You shall therefore die, (ver. 23.) and your imposture shall be made...
There were, it should seem, in Ezekiel's days, women also that prophesied, and those prophesied falsely. We read of one Anna, a prophetess in the Church, just at the birth of Christ; and the promise o...
He explains in other words what we saw yesterday: but the repetition adds to the weight of the matter. The Prophet therefore shows that he had a just cause of complaint, because the women so deceived...
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...
BECAUSE WITH LIES YE HAVE MADE THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS SAD,.... By polluting the name of the Lord; by hunting and decoying souls into their destructive nets; and by threatening such who would not g...
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:...
_Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye hunt the souls_, &c. To make them run into those snares and seductions that you have laid for them, Ezekiel 13:18. The metaphor is continued from the m...
AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETESSES...
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, since flair false messages threw suspicions upon the true believers among the exiles, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hand...
BY PROMISING HIM LIFE: Or, that I should save his life. _Heb._ by quickening him...
17-23 It is ill with those who had rather hear pleasing lies than unpleasing truths. The false prophetesses tried to make people secure, signified by laying them at ease, and to make them proud, sign...
WITH LIES; diametrically opposing what my prophets told to my people in my name. THE HEART; the soul, which in weak ones received some saddening impressions from your lies; in the strongest and wisest...
Ezekiel 13:22 lies H8267 heart H3820 righteous H6662 sad H3512 (H8687) sad H3510 (H8689) strengthened H2388 ...
“Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way and be saved alive. The...
THE FALSE PROPHETESSES (EZEKIEL 13:17). We know from Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14) that there were r
Ezekiel 13:22 I. Where the way of life was broad the false prophets strove to make it narrow, and where it was narrow they strove to make it broad; by their solemn and superstitious lies they frighten...
Ezekiel 13:17 I. The sewing of the pillows under the arms or elbows of those who came to consult the prophetesses was a symbolical act, intended to convey an answer by way of parable. The prophetesses...
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...
_Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad._ THE BALEFUL INFLUENCE OF INFIDELITY I. Infidelity exerts a baleful influence upon the righteous. Note the charge, “Because,” etc. 1....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 13:22 The false female prophets of the preceding oracle are addressed in v. Ezekiel 13:23 (YOU SHALL NO MORE)....
CONDEMNATION OF THE PROPHETESSES (Ezekiel 13:17) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A disposition to prophecy was in the air; so women as well as men, in Jerusalem and among the exiles, were influenced by it. Naturall...
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...
2 Peter 2:18; 2 Peter 2:19; Ezekiel 13:16; Ezekiel 9:4; Genesis 3:4;...