Ezekiel 13:6

Vanity — Things that have no foundation.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they have made others ... - Rather, “and they hope for the confirmation of their word.” They come to believe their own lies.
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here again he pronounces generally that those false prophets were vain, and this assertion depends upon the principle that they had spoken from...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they wo...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they...
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...
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...
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

They have seen vanity, and lying divination ,.... The visions the false prophets pretended to see were nothing but the fruit of their own fancies an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they wo...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 593. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They have seen; they pretend to have seen, but still they see nothing, as Ezekiel 13:2 . The prophet speaks as if indeed they had seen, but the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“They have seen vanity and lying divination who say, ‘the oracle of Yahweh', and Yahweh has not sent them. And they have made men hope that the word...
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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 13:1 Another interval follows, and then a fresh and fuller burst of inspiration, manifestly in close connection with Ez...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

They have seen vanity, nothingness, empty imaginations, and lying divination, so that they even believed their own lies, saying, The Lord saith,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:27 ; 1 Kings 22:37 ; 1 Kings 22:6 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ; Ezekiel 12:23 ; Ezekiel 12:24 ; Ezekiel 13:22 ; Ezekiel...

⁶ They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 13:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 13:6