John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 13:8

"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Ezekiel 13:8 (ASV)

Therefore thus saith the Lord God This is what he says, and it may be depended on will come to pass; though the other he said not, they said he did, but was a lying divination:

because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies ; which will in the issue prove so, lying and deceitful; what never came from God, but from themselves and the father of lies, and would never be accomplished:

therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord God ; or, "I to you"; which may be supplied thus, "I come", or "will come, to you" ^F6; in a way of providence, and chastise and punish you; see (Revelation 2:16); or I will be your adversary; and it is a sad thing for anyone to have God against them; there is no contending with him; none ever hardened themselves against him, and prospered; men are but with him as stubble, or as thorns and briers to a consuming fire.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: (Mkyla ynnh) "ecce ego ad vos", V. L. "sub. venio", Grotius; "veniam", Piscator, Starckius; "venturus sum cum ira mea", Vatablus.