Ezequiel 13:17

17 Juicio contra las falsas profetisas
»Ahora, hijo de hombre, denuncia a las mujeres que profetizan según su propia imaginación.

Ezequiel 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 13:17

Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters
of thy people
The false prophetesses; for as there were women in some ages, who had the true spirit of prophecy, as Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah, ( Exodus 15:20 ) ( Judges 4:4 ) ( 2 Kings 22:14 ) ; so there were some that pretended to it, who had it not, as Noadiah in the times of Nehemiah, ( Nehemiah 6:14 ) ; and such there were in the times of Ezekiel; against whom he is bid to set his face, and look them out of countenance, and make them ashamed; who, contrary to the modesty of the sex, had impudently taken upon them to prophesy to the people; and such have been since in the times of the Gospel, as Jezebel, ( Revelation 2:20 ) ; and Prisca, Maximilia, Quintilia, and others: who prophesy out of their own heart;
as the men did, ( Ezekiel 13:2 ) ; what their own hearts suggested to them; what came into their minds, and their own fancies and imaginations led them to; what was according to their carnal affections and desires, and agreeable to those that heard them: and prophesy thou against them;
declare their prophecies false; warn the people from giving heed to them; and foretell what shall befall them for deceiving the people.

Ezequiel 13:17 In-Context

15 Por fin se saciará mi enojo contra el muro y quienes lo blanquearon con cal. Luego les diré a ustedes: ‘Ya desaparecieron el muro y quienes lo blanquearon con cal.

16 Eran los profetas mentirosos que afirmaban que la paz llegaría a Jerusalén, cuando no había paz. ¡Yo, el Señor
Soberano, he hablado!’”.

17 Juicio contra las falsas profetisas
»Ahora, hijo de hombre, denuncia a las mujeres que profetizan según su propia imaginación.

18 Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: “Qué aflicción les espera a ustedes, mujeres, que atrapan el alma de mi pueblo, tanto de los jóvenes como de los mayores. Les atan amuletos mágicos en las muñecas y les dan velos mágicos para la cabeza. ¿Acaso piensan que pueden atrapar a otros sin provocar su propia destrucción?

19 Ustedes me deshonran delante de mi pueblo por unos puñados de cebada o un trozo de pan. Al mentirle a mi pueblo —que disfruta de las mentiras—, ustedes matan a quienes no deben morir y prometen vida a quienes no deben vivir”.