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How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets
that prophesy lies?
&c.] To invent such lies, and deceive the people, and turn
them away from God; agreeably to the preceding and following
verses: this shows that this was not through ignorance and
inadvertence; it was a meditated and studied thing by them; they
contrived it in their hearts, and they were resolute and bent
upon it, and took much delight and pleasure in it; their hearts
were in it, and it was in them to do as they did; and in this way
they had been long, but should continue no longer. Or the words
may be rendered, "how long?"
FOOTNOTES:
F8 and a stop be put there, being a short
abrupt expression, like that in ( Psalms 6:3 ) ; and the
sense be, how long shall they go on thus, pretending to dreams, and
visions, and revelations from the Lord, and so impose upon the
people? shall they always go on after this manner? no, they shall
not: and then the next words may be read, "is there any thing in
the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies?" F9 nothing
that is good; truth is not there; nothing but lies and deceit; the
word of God is not there, as it is with the true prophet of the
Lord, "he that hath my word", as in ( Jeremiah
23:28 ) ; there is no fear of God, nor knowledge of him and his
will, nor faith in him, nor love to him, or any regard to his
honour and glory; yea, [they are] prophets of the deceit of
their own hearts;
they prophesy nothing but what their own deceitful hearts suggest
to them, whereby they are deceived themselves, and deceive others,
( 2 Timothy
3:13 ) . F8 (ytm
de) "quousque?" Cocceius, Schmidt; "quousque tandem", Junius
& Tremellius, Piscator; "usque quando?" De Dieu. F9 (Myabnh
blb vyh) "an est in corde prophetarum?", De Dieu, Gataker,
Schmidt.