Ezekiel 13:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? ”

Ezekiel 13:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, though (d) ye say, The LORD saith [it]; although I have not spoken? (d) You promised peace to this people and now you see t...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13. Denunciation of the False Prophets ( Ezekiel 13:1-16 ) and Prophetesses ( Ezekiel 13:17-23 ). Besides the delay of the doom which Ezekiel threatened, the people were deluded by the welc...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saith it; albeit, &c.. solemn warning as to some of the changes made in tbe Vulgate versions. Compare Ezekiel 2:5-7 ; Jeremiah 23:21 .
Ezekiel 13:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God shows why he had formerly pronounced that they brought forward nothing but vanity and falsehood, namely, because they used his name falsely, and out of light created darkness; for by t...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it ; albeit I have not spoken?
Ezekiel 13:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? No JFB commentary on this verse.
Ezekiel 13:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They have made others to hope. — Omit the word “others,” which is not in the original, and translate, “The Lord hath not sent them that they should hope” — i.e. , they have no ground to expect tha...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSES Ezekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11 THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed und...
Ezekiel 13:7 - 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 13:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat very striking and awful in this scripture. One should hardly conceive it possible that any men, much less a multitude of men, should ever go forward unsent, and without authority fr...
Ezekiel 13:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Have ye not seen a vain vision ,.... A vision only in pretence, and not in reality; the effect of their own fancy, and not anything shown them by the Lord: and have ye not spoken a lying divinatio...
Ezekiel 13:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith [it]; albeit I have not spoken? Ver. 7. Have ye not seen a vain vision? ] i.e., I appea...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have seen vanity and lying divinations They have uttered false prophecies concerning peace and prosperity, pretending to have seen that which they did not see, and producing that as a divine t...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 593. 1 And the word of the L ORD came unto me, sayin...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Consider with your own consciences; do they not tell you that all is vain pretence which you make? Can you think Jerusalem can escape, or the first captives be returned, and all this so soon? Is not...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination? In that you say, ‘the oracle of Yahweh', in spite of the fact that I have not spoken?” Whatever methods they used, even...
Ezekiel 13:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

(4.) OF FALSE PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES (Chap. 13) Condemnation of the Prophets ( Ezekiel 13:1-16 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The declaration in Ezekiel 12:24 was that unsubstantiated and delusive prop...
Ezekiel 13:7 - 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 13:7 - 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 13:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against the False Prophets
Ezekiel 13:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 13:2 ; Ezekiel 13:3 ; Ezekiel 13:6 ; Matthew 24:23 ; Matthew 24:24

Ezekiel 13:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 13:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 13:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 13:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 13:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 13:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 13:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 13:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 13:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 13:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 13:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 13:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge