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You, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy you against them,
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God's Truth vs. Human Ideas
Commentators stress the core issue with the false prophetesses: they "prophesy out of their own heart." This highlights a critical distinction between subjective human feelings and objective truth revealed by God. True prophecy isn't a product of one's own thoughts or reflections. This serves as a powerful reminder for believers to measure all teachings against the objective standard of Scripture, not personal intuition.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A rebuke to the false prophetesses, and a declaration that God will confound them and deliver their victims from their snares. Women were sometimes…
19th Century
Anglican
Likewise, you son of man, set your face ... —This passage deals with a class of people, the false prophetesses, who are not mentio…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Likewise, you son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people The fals…
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…