Ezekiel 13:3

And have seen nothing— Who give their own imaginations for true prophesies, and pretend to have visions, when they never had any.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That follow ... nothing - Better in the margin. A true prophet (like Ezekiel) spoke “the word of the Lord,” and declared what he had seen “in the...
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 Ezeki...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the Lord GOD . Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4 . foolish. Hebrew. nabel. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . their own spirit . Not the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Woe to, the foolish or disgraceful prophets נבל, nebel, signifies “a vile person,” “a castaway,” just as נבלה, nebeleh, means “fouln...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Woe unto the foolish prophets -...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Foolish prophets. — They were certainly foolish who undertook to forge the name of the Omniscient, as it were, to utterances of their own devising....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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...
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, shoul...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord God, woe unto the foolish prophets ,.... The false prophets, as the Targum; who are foolish, as all are who are not sent of God,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Ver. 3. Woe unto the foolish prophets...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Son of man, 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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They shall be doubly miserable, suffering with the deceived, and suffering by the enraged, when their lies are detected. Foolish prophets; either i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
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, lik...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against the False Prophets
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus saith the Lord God, the sovereign Ruler of the universe, Woe unto the foolish prophets, vaunting themselves with a wisdom which was nothing bu...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:16 ; 1 Timothy 6:4 ; 2 Timothy 3:9 ; Ezekiel 13:18 ; Ezekiel 13:6 ; Ezekiel 13:7 ; Ezekiel 34:2 ; Hosea 9:7 ; Jeremiah 23:1...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Foolish prophets — Foolish prophets are not of God's sending: for whom he sends, he either finds fit, or makes fit. Where he gives warrant, he give...

³ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that followa their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 13:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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