The first chapter is fascinating. EZEKIEL 13 COMMENTARY EDITED BY GLENN PEASE False Prophets Condemned 1 The word of the Lord came to me: BARNES, "The identity of phrases and ideas of this chapter with Jer. God says the false preachers are “like foxes in the deserts” (Ezekiel 13: 4 Ezekiel 13: 4 O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ezekiel 13 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary.

23 leads to the conclusion that Ezekiel took up a well-known prophecy to enforce and apply it to his companions in exile. 13. The subject is the false religious leaders of the present-day house of Israel—the United States and Britain. Commentary on Ezekiel 13:17-23 (Read Ezekiel 13:17-23) It is ill with those who had rather hear pleasing lies than unpleasing truths. What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as that is which the ministers of Christ deliver. Ezek. 23:16, 26 who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ 3 Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! (17-23)1-9 Where God gives a warrant to do any thing, he gives wisdom. Ezekiel 13:1-16 mentions false prophets, the men who are deceiving the people. 13:14 "its foundation is laid bare" This is an idiom of total destruction (cf. 1. Ezekiel 13 – Against False and Foolish Prophets A. God’s word against false prophets.

Heavy judgments against lying prophets. Ezekiel 13:1. Ezekiel had express orders to prophesy against the prophets of Israel; so they called themselves, as if none but they had been worthy of the name of Israel's prophets, who were indeed Israel's deceivers. Our text is the first half of the second chapter. Each of us must walk in the light we have. We should understand that the calamity of Ezekiel and Jeremiah’s day was a forerunner of the world-shaking events that will accompany the time of the end. (10-16) Woes against false prophetesses. 13. 13 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord; 3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Ezekiel 13. EZEKIEL 13 COMMENTARY EDITED BY GLENN PEASE False Prophets Condemned 1 The word of the Lord came to me: BARNES, "The identity of phrases and ideas of this chapter with Jer. 3:13). The phrase is a Niphal perfect (BDB 162, KB 191). Ezekiel 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.This chapter contains rebukes against "a variety of false prophets", Ezekiel 13:1-16, and false prophetesses, Ezekiel 13:17-23.

Denunciation of False Prophets and Prophetesses; Their False Teachings, and God's Consequent Judgments.