Ezequiel 13:2

2 “Filho do homem, profetize contra os profetas de Israel que estão profetizando agora. Diga àqueles que estão profetizando pela sua própria imaginação: Ouçam a palavra do SENHOR!

Ezequiel 13:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 13:2

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel
Who called themselves so, and were accounted such by others; though they were not true, but false prophets; and so the Targum calls them: that prophesy;
that is, smooth things to the people; promising a speedy return from the captivity; or that Jerusalem should not be taken by the Chaldeans, and the inhabitants of it, and of the land, be carried captive: and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts;
who were not sent of God, nor spake from him; but of themselves, what came into their heads, and was agreeable to their fancies, imaginations, and carnal hearts; such are false teachers, that go forth without being sent, and teach not according to the word of God, but according to their own carnal reasonings; so the Targum,

``according to the will of their hearts;''

what they pleased themselves: hear ye the word of the Lord;
which came from the Lord himself, and not from man, meaning the following prophecy; so the written word of God should be attended to, both by teachers and hearers, as the only rule of faith and practice; see ( Isaiah 8:20 ) .

Ezequiel 13:2 In-Context

1 A palavra do SENHOR veio a mim. Disse ele:

2 “Filho do homem, profetize contra os profetas de Israel que estão profetizando agora. Diga àqueles que estão profetizando pela sua própria imaginação: Ouçam a palavra do SENHOR!

3 Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: Ai dos profetas tolos que seguem o seu próprio espírito e não viram nada!

4 Seus profetas, ó Israel, são como chacais no meio de ruínas.

5 Vocês não foram consertar as brechas do muro para a nação de Israel, para que ela pudesse resistir firme no combate do dia do SENHOR.