Ezekiel 13:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? ”

Ezekiel 13:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, Debora...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of (k) barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and (l) to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying t...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 p...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to slay , &c. to prophesy (falsely) that they should be slain. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). App-6. to save, &c.. to promise life to those who should not live. Figure of speec...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God accuses these women of a double crime; one crime was that which I have mentioned, cruelly to destroy the souls which were sacred to God, and hence were destined to be saved; but he add...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peo...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And for pieces of bread— See Jeremiah 37:21 . REFLECTIONS.— 1st, The false prophets abounded, both in Judaea and among the captives in Babylon; and by their flattering speeches the hearts of th...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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...
Ezekiel 13:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, l...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 13:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And will ye pollute me among my people ,.... Defile the name of the Lord, by abusing it, to cover their wicked designs and practices, pretending they were seat by him, when they were not; that what...
Ezekiel 13:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peo...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Likewise, set thy face against the daughters of thy people Direct thy discourse against the female pretenders to prophecy. God sometimes bestowed the gift of prophecy upon women, Exodus 15:20 ; Jd...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Guilt of the False Prophetesses. B. C. 593. 17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Will ye pollute me? profanely contradicting what is indeed spoken in my name, and pretending my name for that I never spake, nor will do. Among my people; who are my peculiar, who have my word an...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart, and you prophesy against them. And say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the women who...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONDEMNATION OF THE PROPHETESSES ( Ezekiel 13:17-23 ) 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. N...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 13:17-23 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 proph...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
Ezekiel 13:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 13:1 Another interval follows, and then a fresh and fuller burst of inspiration, manifestly in close connection with Ezekiel 12:21-26 , and to be read in combination wit...
Ezekiel 13:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against the False Prophetesses
Ezekiel 13:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:11 ; 1 Peter 5:2 ; 1 Samuel 2:16 ; 1 Samuel 2:17 ; 2 Peter 2:2 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Ezekiel 13:22 ; Ezekiel 20:39 ; Ezekiel 22:26 ; Jeremiah 23:14 ; Jeremiah 23:17 ; Malachi 1:...
Ezekiel 13:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pollute me — Pretending my name for what I never spake. My people — My own people. Handfuls of barley — For a mean reward. To slay — You denounce evil to the best, whom God wilt keep alive. To save...

Ezekiel 13:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 13:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 13:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 13:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 13:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 13:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 13:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 13:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 13:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 13:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 13:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 13:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes