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You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.
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The Cheap Price of Sacrilege
Commentators emphasize that the false prophetesses profaned God's name for "handfuls of barley and pieces of bread." Scholars like John Calvin explain this wasn't just about greed, but showed how little they valued God's truth. They were willing to trade His holy name and the fate of souls for the most trivial payment, revealing the depth of their contempt and corruption.
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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
Here God accuses these women of a double crime. One crime was that which I have mentioned: cruelly destroying the souls that were sacred to God and…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And will you pollute me among my people Defile the name of the Lord, by abusing it, to cover their wicked designs an…
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…
