This is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A rebuke to the false prophetesses, and a declaration that God will confound them and deliver their victims from their snares. Women were sometimes…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Likewise, you son of man, set your face ... —This passage deals with a class of people, the false prophetesses, who are not mentio…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

We may gather from this passage that Satan’s lies were not spread among the people so much by men as by women. We know that the gift of prophecy is…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And say, thus says the Lord God, woe to the [women] who sew
pillows to all armholes
O…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

It is a bad state for those who would rather hear pleasing lies than unpleasing truths. The false prophetesses tried to make people feel secure, si…