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Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
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Following Their Own Spirit
The primary mark of a false prophet, as all commentators agree, is the source of their message. They "follow their own spirit," meaning they speak from their own ideas, hearts, and imaginations. In contrast, a true prophet speaks only what they have genuinely seen and heard from God. The false prophets, as the verse says, "have seen nothing."
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That follow ... nothing—the marginal reading is better. A true prophet (like Ezekiel) spoke “the word of the Lord,” and declared what he had…
19th Century
Anglican
Foolish prophets. —They were certainly foolish who undertook to forge the name of the Omniscient, as it were, to utterances of the…
16th Century
Protestant
He speaks of the exiled prophets, as will be evident from the context. For among the captives there were those who assumed the name of God, boastin…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord God, woe to the foolish prophets The false prophets, as the Targum; who are foolish, as all are w…
Where God gives a warrant to do anything, he gives wisdom.
What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as is true of what the m…
