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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

That follow ... nothing—the marginal reading is better. A true prophet (like Ezekiel) spoke “the word of the Lord,” and declared what he had…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Foolish prophets. —They were certainly foolish who undertook to forge the name of the Omniscient, as it were, to utterances of the…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He speaks of the exiled prophets, as will be evident from the context. For among the captives there were those who assumed the name of God, boastin…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Thus says the Lord God, woe to the foolish prophets
The false prophets, as the Targum; who are foolish, as all are w…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Where God gives a warrant to do anything, he gives wisdom.

What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as is true of what the m…

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