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while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
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The Danger of False Hope
All the commentaries agree that the Ammonites, like Judah, had their own false prophets and diviners. These seers told the people what they wanted to hear—that they were safe from Babylon. However, these were lies that led them directly to their destruction, a powerful warning against seeking out or believing messages that offer false comfort in defiance of God's truth.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go out not on Judah only, but also on …
19th Century
Anglican
See vanity unto thee. —“See” is used in the sense of the utterances of the “seer,” or prophet. The Ammonites also had fal…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee The Ammonites ha…
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The diviners of the Ammonites made false prophecies of victory. They would never recover their power, but in time would be wholly forgotten. Let us…
