Ezequiel 13:17

Condena a las profetisas

17 »Y ahora tú, hijo de hombre, enfréntate a esas mujeres de tu pueblo que profetizan según sus propios delirios. ¡Denúncialas!

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 Descargaré mi furia sobre esa pared y sobre los que hicieron su hermosa fachada. A ustedes les diré que ya no queda la pared ni los que hicieron su hermosa fachada:

16 esos profetas de Israel que profetizaban acerca de Jerusalén, y tenían visiones falsas, y anunciaban que todo andaba bien, cuando en realidad era todo lo contrario. Lo afirma el SEÑOR omnipotente”.

17 »Y ahora tú, hijo de hombre, enfréntate a esas mujeres de tu pueblo que profetizan según sus propios delirios. ¡Denúncialas!

18 Adviérteles que así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: “¡Ay de las que hacen objetos de hechicería y sortilegios para atrapar a la gente! ¿Acaso creen que pueden atrapar la vida de mi pueblo y salvar su propio pellejo?

19 Ustedes me han profanado delante de mi pueblo por un puñado de cebada y unas migajas de pan. Por las mentiras que dicen, y que mi pueblo cree, se mata a los que no deberían morir y se deja con vida a los que no merecen vivir.