Ezequiel 13:15-23

15 Assim cumprirei o meu furor contra a parede, e contra os que a rebocam de argamassa fraca; e vos direi: A parede já não existe, nem aqueles que a rebocaram, a saber,

16 os profetas de Israel, que profetizam acerca de Jerusalém, e vêem para ela visão de paz, não havendo paz, diz o Senhor Deus.

17 E tu, ó filho do homem, dirige o teu rosto contra as filhas do teu povo, que profetizam de seu próprio coração; e profetiza contra elas.

18 e dize: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Ai das que cosem pulseiras mágicas para todos os braços, e que fazem véus para as cabeças de pessoas de toda estatura para caçarem as almas! Porventura caçareis as almas do meu povo? e conservareis em vida almas para vosso proveito?

19 Vós me profanastes entre o meu povo por punhados de cevada, e por pedaços de pão, matando aqueles que não haviam de morrer, e guardando vivos aqueles que não haviam de viver, mentindo ao meu povo que escuta a mentira.

20 Portanto assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis aqui eu sou contra as vossas pulseiras mágicas com que vós ali caçais as almas como aves, e as arrancarei de vossos braços; e soltarei as almas, sim as almas que vós caçais como aves.

21 Também rasgarei os vossos véus, e livrarei o meu povo das vossas mãos, e eles não estarão mais em vossas mãos para serem caçados; e sabereis que eu sou e Senhor.

22 Visto que entristecestes o coração do justo com falsidade, não o havendo eu entristecido, e fortalecestes as mãos do ímpio, para que não se desviasse do seu mau caminho, e vivesse;

23 portanto não tereis mais visões vãs, nem mais fareis adivinhações; mas livrarei o meu povo das vossas mãos, e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

Ezequiel 13:15-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 13

It being said in Eze 12:24; that there should be no more a vain vision, nor a flattering divination; the prophet is ordered to prophesy against the false prophets and prophetesses, Eze 13:1,2,17; the former are described as prophesying out of their own hearts, Eze 13:2; as foolish ones, following their own spirit, and seeing nothing, Eze 13:3; they are compared to foxes in the deserts, Eze 13:4; and are represented as unconcerned to stand in the gap for the people, Eze 13:5; and as seeing vanity and lying divination; wherefore the Lord was against them, Eze 13:6-8; what they are threatened with are, that they should not be in the assembly of God's people; nor written in the writing of the house of Israel; nor enter into the land of Israel, Eze 13:9; the reason of which was, because they seduced the Lord's people, by speaking peace to them when there was none; which is figuratively expressed by building a wall, and daubing it with untempered mortar, Eze 13:10; upon which the wall is threatened to be rent, and caused to fall with a stormy wind; signifying the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldean army; and the false prophets to have the wrath of God poured on them who doubted it, Eze 13:11-16; and then follows the order to the prophet to prophesy against the false prophetesses, and set his face against them, and pronounce woe upon them in the name of the Lord; who are described as prophesying out of their own hearts; sowing pillows to all armholes; and making kerchiefs on the head of all sorts of persons; and which they did for poor small gain, and to the detriment of immortal souls, good and bad, Eze 13:17-19; wherefore the Lord threatens to tear off their pillows and kerchiefs, and deliver his people out of their hands, no more to be hunted by them, Eze 13:20,21; the reason of which was, because they saddened the hearts of the righteous, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, Eze 13:22; and the chapter is concluded with a resolution that they should see no more vanity nor divine divinations; and that the Lord's people should be delivered from them, and they should know that he was the Lord, Eze 13:23.