I the Lord have deceived that prophet - A deep truth lies beneath these words, namely, that evil as well as good is under God’s dir…

And if the prophet is deceived. —The exact sense of the original is, If a prophet is persuaded and speaks a word, I the LORD h…

Here God addresses that foolish thought in which many minds are caught up. When they had their own impostors at hand, they thought that all God’s t…

And if the prophet be deceived when he has spoken a thing , &c.] That is pleasing to men, and is not true, in hope of rew…

No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their o…