Ezekiel 13:17-23

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 of the gift of the Holy Ghost, we know, was both on sons and daughters. Luke 2:36; Joel 2:28. But the women here spoken of are expressly declared to be lying prophets, and such as prophesied for gain. The pillows for arm holes, and kerchiefs for covering, are figurative: it is to be supposed intimating, the false security they held forth to quiet the alarms of a guilty conscience. But, Reader, do not fail to remark the sweet assurance given by the Holy Ghost to the people of God, to preserve them from such preachings. I will deliver my people out of your hands. So that the Lord undertakes to preserve his people from their delusions. And while a woe is pronounced against false prophets, the Lord's Israel are assured, that the Lord will reveal himself to his people otherwise than he doeth to the world, and they shall know; saith Jehovah, that I am the Lord.