Ezekiel 13:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Mine hand shall be upon the prophets - "mine hand," my power in vengeance.

They shall not be in the assembly of my people - rather, the council: 'They shall not occupy the honourable office of councillors in the senate of elders after the return from Babylon' (Ezra 2:1-2).

Neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel - they shall not even have a place in the register kept of all citizens' names; they shall be erased from it, just as the names of those who died in the year, or had been deprived of citizenship for their crimes, were at the annual revision erased. Compare Jeremiah 17:13; Luke 10:20; Revelation 3:5, as to these spiritually Israelites; John 1:47, and those not so. Literally fulfilled Ezra 2:59; Ezra 2:62 (cf. Nehemiah 7:5; Psalms 69:28).

Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel - they shall not so much as be allowed to come back at all to their country.

Ezekiel 13:9

9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assemblyc of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.