Ezekiel 13 Study Notes
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13:8-9 The phrase I am against you is addressed to Israel one other time in Ezekiel (21:3). It was normally directed toward foreign nations.
13:10-16 Paul used this image—plaster it with whitewash—when he called the high priest in Jerusalem a “whitewashed wall” (Ac 23:3). The destructive hailstones recall the seventh plague on Egypt (Ex 9:13-35), Joshua’s victory over the five Amorite kings (Jos 10:1-15), God’s judgment on Samaria (Is 28:2,17), and the Lord’s defeat of Assyria (Is 30:30; cp. Ps 148:8).
13:17-23 Women practiced magic in Jerusalem (Jr 7:18; 44:17,19) as well as in Babylon. The Mosaic law condemned witches and necromancers (Lv 20:27; 1Sm 28:9; cp. Lv 19:31). There were a number of legitimate prophetesses in the OT, including Miriam (Ex 15:20), Deborah (Jdg 4:4), Huldah (2Kg 22:14), and Noadiah (Neh 6:14). Prophetesses are also mentioned in the NT (Lk 2:36-38; Ac 21:9; 1Co 11:5).
13:23 God will bring false prophecy and sorcery to an end (Am 8:11; Mc 3:6-7; Zch 13:1-6). Jeremiah 23:16-32 is very similar to this chapter. There were false prophets both in the exile and in Jerusalem. Counterfeit prophets attempted to thwart the prophets of God who announced the coming doom. The false prophets were motivated by self-interest. The Christian is to test every spirit (1Jn 4:1) and examine everything in light of Scripture (Ac 17:11).