If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do
lie
Who pretends to be a prophet, and a spiritual man, and to be
under the inspiration and influence of the Spirit of God, but
utters nothing but lies and falsehoods; or who is actuated by a
spirit of falsehood and lying; or, as in the margin, "walks with
the wind, and lies falsely" {u}; is full of wind and vanity;
"after the wind" F23; and follows the dictates of his
vain mind, and coins lies, and speaks false things:
[saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong
drink;
or "drop [a word] unto thee" F24; that there will be good
times, and nothing but good eating and drinking; and that men
need not fear such dismal things befalling them as the prophets
of the Lord spoke of; but may be cheerful and merry, and drink
wine and strong drink, and not be afraid of their evil tidings:
or, for wine and strong drink F25, so Kimchi; and the meaning
is, that if they would give him a cup of wine, or a draught of
strong drink, he would prophesy good things to them; the reverse
of what is before said, as that they should continue in their
land, and not depart from it; that this should be their rest, and
they should remain therein, and not be destroyed in it, or cast
out of it: he shall even be the prophet of this
people;
a "dropper" F26 to them; see ( Micah 2:6 ) ; such an one
shall be acceptable to them; they will caress him, and prefer him
to the true prophets of the Lord; which is mentioned to show the
temper of the people, and how easily they were imposed upon, and
their disrespect to the prophets of the Lord, as in ( Micah 2:6 Micah 2:7 ) ; to which
subject the prophet here returns, as Kimchi observes.