Ezekiel 13:22
Because ye have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I perverted him not, and that in order to strengthen the hands of the wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live:
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Genesis 3:4And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die.
Jeremiah 6:14And they healed the breach of my people imperfectly, making light of it, and saying, Peace, peace: and where is peace?
Jeremiah 14:13And I said, O ever living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.
Jeremiah 23:14Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 27:14Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:18-23
The Guilt of the False Prophetesses. ( b. c. 593.) 17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for… Read the whole commentary →