Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:1

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1. As the twelfth chapter denounced the false expectations of the people, so this denounces the false leaders who fed those expectations. As an independent witness, Ezekiel confirms at the Chebar the testimony of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 29:21 ; Jeremiah 29:31 ) in his letter from Jerusalem to the captive exiles, against the false prophets; of these some were conscious knaves, others fanatical dupes of their own frauds; for example, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah. Hananiah must have believed his own lie, else he would not have specified so circumstantial details ( Jeremiah 29:31- : ). The conscious knaves gave only general assurances of peace ( Jeremiah 5:31 ; Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 14:13 ). The language of Ezekiel has plain references to the similar language of Jeremiah (for example, Jeremiah 23:9-38 ); the bane of false prophecy, which had its stronghold in Jerusalem, having in some degree extended to the Chebar; this chapter, therefore, is primarily intended as a message to those still in the Jewish metropolis; and, secondarily, for the good of the exiles at the Chebar. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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