Ezekiel 13:9

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hand	יָדִ֗י ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
prophets	הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים ha.ne.vi.'Im	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
see	חֹזֶה chôzeh	H2374	a beholder in vision
vanity	שָׁוְא֮ shaV'	H7723	evil (as destructive) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
divine	וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣ים ve.ha.ko.se.Mim	H7080	properly · conjunction + definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
lies	כָּזָב֒ ka.Zav	H3577	falsehood · noun, common masculine singular absolute
assembly

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Cross-references

Psalms 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Ezra 2:59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and the…
Psalms 101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Jeremiah 28:15-17 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to tr…
Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they s…
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of troubl…
Exodus 32:32-33 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:1-9

The false prophets, who are here prophesied against, were some of them at Jerusalem (Jer 23:14): I have seen in the prophets at Jerusalem a horrible thing; some of them among the captives in Babylon, for to them Jeremiah writes (Jer 29:8), Let not your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you. And as God's prophets, though at a distance from each other in place or time, yet preached the same truths, which was an evidence that they were guided by one and the same good Spirit, so the false prophets prophesied the same lies, being actuated by one and the same spirit of error. There were little hopes of bringing them to repentance, they were so hardened in their sin; yet Ezekiel must p…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:9

mine hand--My power in vengeance. not . . . in . . . assembly--rather, the "council"; "They shall not occupy the honorable office of councillors in the senate of elders after the return from Babylon" (Ezr 2:1-2). neither . . . written in . . . 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 revisal erased. Compare Jer 17:13; Luk 10:20; Rev 3:5, as to those spiritually Israelites; Joh 1:47, and those not so. Literally fulfilled (Ezr 2:59, Ezr 2:62; compare Neh 7:5; Psa 69:28). neither . . . enter . .…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:9

They shall not be in the assembly of my people - They shall not be reputed members of my Church. They shall not be reckoned in the genealogy of true Israelites that return from captivity; and they shall never have a possession in the land; they shall be exhereditated and expatriated. They shall all perish in the siege, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence.

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:9

And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies,.... Meaning, by his hand, not the true spirit of prophecy, attended with a divine power and energy, as in Ezekiel 1:3; but the wrath and power of God seizing on them and punishing them. So the Targum, "and the stroke of my power shall be upon the false prophets, &c.'' The sense is, that they should feel the weight of his hand, and the lighting down of his arm with the indignation of his wrath, by inflicting punishment upon them: they shall not be in the assembly of my people; shall have no place in the church of God, nor fellowship with the saints; they shall not join with them in religious worship here; but e…

The Church Fathers

Because [Judas] was corrupted by the plague of covetousness and had his name struck out from that heavenly list, it is suitably said of him … "They shall not be in the counsel of my people, nor shall they enrolled in the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel."
— John Cassian, Conference 17:25

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Dictionary and topics

Tongues, Gift of — Granted on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4), in fulfilment of a promise Christ had made to his disciples (Mark 16:17). What this gift actually was has been a subject of much discussion. Some have…
Sorcery · .By false prophets — .By false prophets

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Ezekiel 13:9

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Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:9

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:9

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:9

The Church Fathers

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Ezekiel 13:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:9

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:9

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 13:8-9

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 13:8-9

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