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Ezekiel — Capítulo 13

This chapter denounces heavy judgments against the lying prophets who flattered the people, in the midst of their sin and danger, with false hopes of peace and security, Eze 13:1-9. The work of these deceivers is beau…

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1Vino a mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:

2Hijo de hombre, profetiza contra los profetas de Israel que profetizan, y di a los que profetizan de su propio corazón: Oíd palabra de Jehová.

3Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: ¡Ay de los profetas insensatos, que andan en pos de su propio espíritu, y nada han visto!

4Como zorras en los desiertos fueron tus profetas, oh Israel.

5No habéis subido a las brechas, ni habéis edificado un muro alrededor de la casa de Israel, para que resista firme en la batalla en el día de Jehová.

6Vieron vanidad y adivinación mentirosa. Dicen: Ha dicho Jehová, y Jehová no los envió; con todo, esperan que él confirme la palabra de ellos.

7¿No habéis visto visión vana, y no habéis dicho adivinación mentirosa, pues que decís: Dijo Jehová, no habiendo yo hablado?

8Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Por cuanto vosotros habéis hablado vanidad, y habéis visto mentira, por tanto, he aquí yo estoy contra vosotros, dice Jehová el Señor.

9Estará mi mano contra los profetas que ven vanidad y adivinan mentira; no estarán en la congregación de mi pueblo, ni serán inscritos en el libro de la casa de Israel, ni a la tierra de Israel volverán; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová el Señor.

10Sí, por cuanto engañaron a mi pueblo, diciendo: Paz, no habiendo paz; y uno edificaba la pared, y he aquí que los otros la recubrían con lodo suelto,

11di a los recubridores con lodo suelto, que caerá; vendrá lluvia torrencial, y enviaré piedras de granizo que la hagan caer, y viento tempestuoso la romperá.

12Y he aquí cuando la pared haya caído, ¿no os dirán: Dónde está la embarradura con que la recubristeis?

13Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: Haré que la rompa viento tempestuoso con mi ira, y lluvia torrencial vendrá con mi furor, y piedras de granizo con enojo para consumir.

14Así desbarataré la pared que vosotros recubristeis con lodo suelto, y la echaré a tierra, y será descubierto su cimiento, y caerá, y seréis consumidos en medio de ella; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.

15Cumpliré así mi furor en la pared y en los que la recubrieron con lodo suelto; y os diré: No existe la pared, ni los que la recubrieron,

16los profetas de Israel que profetizan acerca de Jerusalén, y ven para ella visión de paz, no habiendo paz, dice Jehová el Señor.

17Y tú, hijo de hombre, pon tu rostro contra las hijas de tu pueblo que profetizan de su propio corazón, y profetiza contra ellas,

18y di: Así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: ¡Ay de aquellas que cosen vendas mágicas para todas las manos, y hacen velos mágicos para la cabeza de toda edad, para cazar las almas! ¿Habéis de cazar las almas de mi pueblo, para mantener así vuestra propia vida?

19¿Y habéis de profanarme entre mi pueblo por puñados de cebada y por pedazos de pan, matando a las personas que no deben morir, y dando vida a las personas que no deben vivir, mintiendo a mi pueblo que escucha la mentira?

20Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová el Señor: He aquí yo estoy contra vuestras vendas mágicas, con que cazáis las almas al vuelo; yo las libraré de vuestras manos, y soltaré para que vuelen como aves las almas que vosotras cazáis volando.

21Romperé asimismo vuestros velos mágicos, y libraré a mi pueblo de vuestra mano, y no estarán más como presa en vuestra mano; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.

22Por cuanto entristecisteis con mentiras el corazón del justo, al cual yo no entristecí, y fortalecisteis las manos del impío, para que no se apartase de su mal camino, infundiéndole ánimo,

23por tanto, no veréis más visión vana, ni practicaréis más adivinación; y libraré mi pueblo de vuestra mano, y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.

ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY

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I. That prophesy out of their own hearts - Who are neither inspired nor sent by Me. They are prophet…

That prophesy out of their own hearts - Who are neither inspired nor sent by Me. They are prophets out of their own hearts. They have their mission from their own assumption, and proceed in it from their own presumption. Such either go of themselves, or are sent by man. Such prophets, ministers, preachers, and clergy have been a curse to the Church and to the world for some thousands of years.

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II. Thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts - The cunning of the fox in obtaining his prey has…

Thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts - The cunning of the fox in obtaining his prey has been long proverbial. These false prophets are represented as the foxes who, having got their prey by great subtlety, run to the desert to hide both themselves and it. So the false prophets, when the event did not answer to their prediction, got out of the way, that they might not be overwhelmed with the reproaches and indignation of the people.

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III. Ye have not gone up into the gaps - Far from opposing sinners, who are bringing down the wrath of…

Ye have not gone up into the gaps - Far from opposing sinners, who are bringing down the wrath of God upon the place, you prevent their repentance by your flattering promises and false predictions. Ye have neither by prayers, example, nor advice, contributed any thing for the preservation of the place, or the salvation of the people's souls.

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IV. They shall not be in the assembly of my people - They shall not be reputed members of my Church. …

They shall not be in the assembly of my people - They shall not be reputed members of my Church. They shall not be reckoned in the genealogy of true Israelites that return from captivity; and they shall never have a possession in the land; they shall be exhereditated and expatriated. They shall all perish in the siege, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence.

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V. One built up a wall - A true prophet is as a wall of defense to the people. These false prophets …

One built up a wall - A true prophet is as a wall of defense to the people. These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defense; but their wall is bad, and their mortar is worse. One gives a lying vision, another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins. The city is about to be besieged; it needs stronger fortifications than what it possesses. The prophet should be as a brazen wall for its defense; and such my prophets would have been had the people received the word from my mouth. But ye have prevented this by your lying vanities; and when you have perverted the people, you pretend to raise up a rampart of specious prophecy, full of fine promises, for their defense. What one false prophet says, another confirms; and this is like daubing over a bad wall with bad mortar, which prevents its blemishes and weaknesses being discovered, though it has no tendency to strengthen the building.

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VI. There shall be an overflowing shower - That shall wash off this bad mortar; sweep away the ground…

There shall be an overflowing shower - That shall wash off this bad mortar; sweep away the ground on which the wall stands, and level it with the earth. In the eastern countries, where the walls are built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are often occasioned by tempestuous rains. Of this sort of materials were the walls of ancient cities made, and hence the reason why no vestige of them remains. Witness Babylon, which was thus built. See the note on Eze 4:1.

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VII. Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy - From this it appears that ther…

Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy - From this it appears that there were prophetesses in the land of Israel, that were really inspired by the Lord: for as a false religion necessarily implies a true one, of which it is the ape; so false prophetesses necessarily imply true ones, whom they endeavored to imitate. That there were true prophetesses among the Jews is evident enough from such being mentioned in the sacred writings. Miriam, the sister of Moses Exo 15:20; Num 12:2; Deborah, Jdg 4:4; Huldah, Kg2 22:14; Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, Luk 2:36; the four daughters of Philip the deacon, Act 21:9. Calmet observes that there was scarcely a heresy in the primitive Church that was not supported and fomented by seducing women.

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VIII. That sew pillows to all arm holes - I believe this refers to those cushions which are so copiousl…

That sew pillows to all arm holes - I believe this refers to those cushions which are so copiously provided in the eastern countries for the apartments of women; on which they sit, lean, rest their heads, and prop up their arms. I have several drawings of eastern ladies, who are represented on sofas; and often with their arm thrown over a pillow, which is thereby pressed close to their side, and against which they thus recline. The prophet's discourse seems to point out that state of softness and effeminacy to which the predictions of those false prophetesses allured the inhabitants of Jerusalem. A careless voluptuous life is that which is here particularly reprehended. And make kerchiefs - The word kerchief is French, couvre chef, that which covers the head; hence handkerchief and neck handkerchief, and pocket handkerchief are pitifully improper; because none of them is used to cover the head, from which alone that article of dress has its name. But what are we to understand by kerchiefs here? Probably some kind of ornamental dress which rendered women more enticing, so that they could the more successfully hunt or inveigle souls (men) into the worship of their false gods. These they put on heads of every stature - women of all ages, קומה komah, of every woman that rose up to inveigle men to idolatry. The word מספחות mispachoth, translated here kerchiefs, and by the Vulgate cervicalia, bolsters, Calmet contends, means a sort of nets used in hunting, and in every place where it occurs it will bear this meaning; and hence the use to which it is here said to be applied, to hunt souls.

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IX. The souls that ye hunt to make them fly - לפרחות lephorechoth, into the flower gardens, says Park…

The souls that ye hunt to make them fly - לפרחות lephorechoth, into the flower gardens, says Parkhurst. These false prophetesses decoyed men into these gardens, where probably some impure rites of worship were performed, as in that of אשרה Asherah or Venus. See Parkhurst under פרח.

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X. Your kerchiefs - Nets, or amulets, as some think.

Your kerchiefs - Nets, or amulets, as some think.

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XI. With lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad - Here is the ministry of these false proph…

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 no truth to tell; and therefore spoke falsities. They "saddened the souls of the righteous, and strengthened the hands of the wicked." They promised them life, and prevented them from repenting and turning from their sins.

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XII. Ye shall see no more vanity - They pretended visions; but they were empty of reality.

Ye shall see no more vanity - They pretended visions; but they were empty of reality. Nor divine divinations - As God would not speak to them, they employed demons. Where God is not, because of the iniquity of the people, the devil is, to strengthen and support that iniquity. And if he cannot have his priests, he will have his priestesses; and these will have a Church like themselves, full of lying doctrines, and bad works.

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