THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
God declares that you have misused my name for wicked purposes by proclaiming deceptive visions to the people, and I did not command you to speak those messages.
Ezekiel 13:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Have you not seen a vain vision and spoken a lying divination: and you say: The Lord saith: whereas I have not spoken.
הֲל֤וֹא מַֽחֲזֵה־שָׁוְא֙ חֲזִיתֶ֔ם וּמִקְסַ֥ם כָּזָ֖ב אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַאֲנִ֖י לֹ֥א דִבַּֽרְתִּי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 24:23Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him.
- Matt 24:24For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.
- Ezek 13:6They see vain things, and they foretell lies, saying: The Lord saith: whereas the Lord hath not sent them: and they have persisted to confirm what they have said.
- Ezek 13:2Son of man, prophesy thou against the prophets of Israel that prophesy: and thou shalt say to them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the Lord:
- Ezek 13:3Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and see nothing.