Deu 13:1-3, 1Ki 22:22, Jer 23:14-15, Eze 13:10-16, Zec 13:3 | TSK | STEP | Enticers to idolatry; how near soever unto thee; are to be stoned to death. Idolatrous cities are not to be spared. a prophet.That is, one pretending to the divine inspiration and authority of the prophetic office, or a dreamer of dreams, one who pretends that some deity has spoken to him in the night season, and giveth thee a sign, {oth,} what appears to be a miraculous proof of his mission, or a wonder, {mopheth,} some portentous sign, such as an eclipse, which he, who knew when it would happen, might predict to the people, who knew nothing of the matter, and thereby accredit his pretensions. But no pretended miracles must be admitted as a proof that the people might violate the first and great commandment. a dreamer.

Deuteronomy 13:1-3

1 Enticers to idolatry;

6 how near soever unto thee;

9 are to be stoned to death.

12 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared.

a prophet.That is, one pretending to the divine inspiration and authority of the prophetic office, or a dreamer of dreams, one who pretends that some deity has spoken to him in the night season, and giveth thee a sign, {oth,} what appears to be a miraculous proof of his mission, or a wonder, {mopheth,} some portentous sign, such as an eclipse, which he, who knew when it would happen, might predict to the people, who knew nothing of the matter, and thereby accredit his pretensions. But no pretended miracles must be admitted as a proof that the people might violate the first and great commandment.

1Ki 13:18; Isa 9:15; Jer 6:13; 23:11; Eze 13:2,3,23; Zec 13:4

Mt 7:15; 24:11; Lu 6:26; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 4:1

a dreamer.

Jer 23:25-28; 27:9; 29:8,24; *marg:

Zec 10:2

18:22; Ex 7:22; 1Ki 13:3; Jer 28:9; Mt 7:22,23; 24:24; 2Co 11:13-15

2Th 2:9-11; Re 13:13,14

hearken.

Isa 8:20; Ac 17:11; Eph 4:14; 1Jo 4:1

proveth.

8:2; Ps 66:10; 81:7; Mt 24:24; 1Co 11:19; 2Th 2:11; 1Jo 2:19; 4:4

Re 13:14

ye love the Lord your God.

6:5; 2Co 8:8

1 Kings 22:22

a lying spirit.

Job 1:8-11; 2:4-6; Joh 8:44; Ac 5:3,4; 2Th 2:9,10; 1Ti 4:1; 1Jo 4:6

Re 12:9,10; 13:14; 16:13,14; 20:3,7,10

Thou shalt.

20; Jud 9:23; Job 12:16; Ps 109:17; 2Th 2:10-12; Re 17:17

Jeremiah 23:14-15

in the.

5:30,31; 14:14; 23:32; Eze 13:2-4,16; 22:25; Isa 41:6,7; Mic 3:11

Zep 3:4; 2Pe 2:1,2

an horrible thing. or, filthiness.

18:13

they commit.

29:23; 2Pe 2:14-19

walk.

17,25,26,32; 14:14; Eze 22:25; 2Th 2:9-11; 1Ti 4:2; Re 19:20

Re 21:8; 22:15

strengthen.

Eze 13:22,23

Sodom.

Ge 13:13; 18:20; De 32:32; Isa 1:9,10; Eze 16:46-52; Mal 1:1

Mt 11:24; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7; Re 11:8

will.

8:14; 9:15; Ps 69:21; La 3:5,15,19; Mt 27:34; Re 8:11

profaneness. or, hypocrisy.

Ezekiel 13:10-16

seduced.

2Ki 21:9; Pr 12:26; Jer 23:13-15; 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 3:13; 1Jo 2:26

Re 2:20

Peace.

16; Isa 57:21; Jer 4:10; 6:14; 8:11,15; 14:13; 23:17; 28:9; Mal 3:15

and one.These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defence; but their wall is bad, and their morter is worse. One gives a lying vision; another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins.

a wall. or, a slight wall. others.

22:28; 2Ch 18:12; Isa 30:10; Jer 5:31; Mic 2:11

there shall.It shall wash off this bad morter, sweep away the wall, and level it with the earth. In the East, where the walls are often built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are frequently occasioned by tempestuous rains.

38:22; Job 27:21; Ps 11:6; 18:13,14; 32:6; Isa 25:4; 28:2,15-18

Isa 29:6; 32:19; Na 1:3,7,8; Mt 7:25,27; Lu 6:48,49

Where.

De 32:37; Jud 9:38; 10:14; 2Ki 3:13; Jer 2:28; 29:31,32; 37:19

La 2:14,15

a stormy.

Le 26:28; Isa 30:30; Ps 107:25; 148:8; Jer 23:19; Jon 1:4

and great.

Ex 9:18-29; Ps 18:12,13; 105:32; 148:8; Isa 30:30; Hag 2:17; Re 8:7

Re 11:19; 16:21

the foundation.

Ps 11:3; Mic 1:6; Hab 3:13; Mt 7:26,27; Lu 6:49; 1Co 3:11-15