ezekiel 13:18 meaning

. See also H. W. F. Saggs, "External Souls in the Old Testament [ Ezekiel 13:17-21]," Journal of Semitic Studies (1974):1-12. Ezekiel 13:18, NIV: "and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. : AMP: And say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew pillows to all armholes … Or if you do escape the detection and chastisement of your fellowmen, you cannot escape from the omniscience of God, who will judge everyone according to the deeds done in the body. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God , "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will ye save — Can you preserve them alive, whom you deceive by your promises? p. 947. Sat. Harmer, ii. But now he is treating of the people. And because Ezekiel was commanded to, prophesy against them, he here addresses them more vehemently — Will ye hunt the souls of my people? The words of our text might be rendered “pillows for all arm joints”--including the armholes, the elbows, and wrists. "Your" veils "also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be" ensnared; "and ye shall know that I am the Lord.". DRYDEN. To hunt souls - eagerly trying to allure them to the love of yourselves (Proverbs 6:26; 2 Peter 2:14, "beguiling unstable souls"), so as unwarily to become your prey. And say, thus saith the Lord God, woe to the [women] that sew. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, And say, thus saith the Lord God, woe to the, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature, will ye save  …  souls  …  that come unto you. But there is no doubt that they wished to represent a kind of sleep, like the foolish who consult oracles, and think themselves in ecstasies, and snatched away beyond all thoughts of this world. Render thus: "Woe to the women that" put charms on every finger-joint, that set veils upon heads of every height to ensnare souls. Ezekiel 23 is the twenty-third chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.This chapter forms part of a series of "predictions regarding the fall of Jerusalem", and is written in the form of a message delivered by God to Ezekiel. The prophet's discourse seems to point out that state of softness and effeminacy to which the predictions of those false prophetesses allured the inhabitants of Jerusalem. nephesh. It, follows —. (R. Bruce, M. Fitting the humours of all sorts and sizes of people, by prophesying to the younger of pleasure, and to the elder sort for profit. A second is a misappropriation of heavenly material to earthly and wicked purposes. The construction is the same as in 1 Samuel 14:16. It is not incurable. Hebrew. That is, they flattered them with promises of life, peace, and security. Make kerchiefs - magical vails, which they put over the heads of those consulting them, as if to fit them for receiving a response, that they might be rapt in spiritual trance above the world. Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold" I will come upon your charms, where ye are ensnaring the souls like birds; "and I will tear them from your arms and will let the souls go" free, "even the souls" which ye are ensnaring like birds. Chapter 13. There is another direction in which our love of ease and comfort continually shows itself--the manner in which we persistently hide from ourselves the misery of the world around us. The Targum is, "the souls of my people can ye destroy or quicken? on Ezekiel 13:20.: and we learn from 1 Samuel 28:7 and from the Greek and Roman writers, that women employed themselves in magical rites. or broad cloaks equals מטפּחות (Hitzig, Hvernick, etc. Ezekiel 13:18-20 "the souls that ye hunt to make them fly" Those who attack the pre-tribulation rapture sometimes read Ezekiel 13:18-20 in the King James, and wrongly conclude this is a condemnation of rapture teachers, who they see as ones who "hunt the souls to make them fly" and believe in the "fly away" doctrine of the pretrib rapture. 30, 31. Is the King of Tyre prophecy in Ezekiel 28 referring to Satan? I have already described one. Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? Ezekiel 13:19 shows how great their sin had been. Now, this old trade of sewing pillows, of making cushions for all elbows that feel the hardness and uncomfortableness of unwelcome facts, is not yet extinct. Or the covering of the head may have been of the ornamental or triumphal kind, to denote prosperity or victory; as pillows denoted tranquillity and plenty: and both may have been significantly applied to the heads and arms of those who consulted the prophetesses. hunt souls — eagerly trying to allure them to the love of yourselves (Proverbs 6:26; 2 Peter 2:14), so as unwarily to become your prey. App-1B. Terna tibi haec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo, terque haec altaria circum Effigiem duco. Calvin explains, “Will ye hunt My people‘s souls and yet will ye save your own souls”; I, the Lord God, will not allow it. With this view these women used such ceremonies that wretched men thought themselves caught up above the world, and all earthly thoughts being laid aside, they dozed so as to receive the oracles, and at the same time had the head covered to avoid everything which might call them off and distract them, and to be wholly intent on spiritual meditations. Garlands, fillets, and amulets of various kinds are mentioned as being used on the hand, not only in the Greek mysteries, but in the ancient Babylonian incantations; but whether these “cushions” were used on knuckles or wrist or elbow, or what was the method of their use, is not yet discovered. Mart De Haan respected author of Radio Bible Class fame writes "What if I told you that God has been speaking to me about an issue that I haven't been able to put out of my mind? mispahoth (occurs only here), from saphah, to join, or cleave closely. D. I. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. But he here speaks only of the death of souls, as if he said that the women laid those snares to deceive wretched souls. The latter is also a decisive reason for rejecting the explanation given by Hvernick, namely, that the kesâthōth were carpets, which were used as couches, and upon which these voluptuous women are represented as reclining. This then is the reason why men and women who intend to deceive, always heap together a number of ceremonies. Or can you preserve them alive whom you deceive by your promises? "Fly" is peculiarly appropriate as to those lofty spiritual flights to which they pretended to raise their dupes when they veiled their heads with kerchiefs and made them rest on luxurious arm-cushions ( Ezekiel 13:18). The clause הנּפשׁות תּצודדנה is not to be taken as a question, "Will ye catch the souls?" pillows coverings for purposes of concealment. נפשׁ nepesh signifies a person, or life, as well as soul. The Christianity taught and professed nowadays is, it seems to me, often of a very emasculated character. I have no doubt that, the Prophet uses the word for “age,” or person, as others correctly interpret it; as if he had said, that they made no difference between old and young, tall and short, but prostituted their answers to all from whom they looked for gain. As to his saying, upon all arms, and upon the head of every stature. Ezekiel 13 concerns the time just before the day of the Lord (verse 5), a time many believe we are living in today. And thou, son of man, direct thy face towards the daughters of thy people, who prophesy out of their heart and prophesy against them, Ezekiel 13:18. Make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature. 28:7).” (Taylor) ii. 17. Hab. In this way imposture flourished with the Roman augurs; for they veiled their head when they wished to begin their incantations. 18 Tell them they're doomed! Ever wanted to know who has the truth and who doesn't? They represent these women as of the class who, for a pittance of remuneration, sell themselves to the lowest vice. The art which they most study is the art of making themselves comfortable. This may be figurative language, designed to express that men were taught to recline at ease on their couches, and to partake of banquets. 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!. and inquire of you how things will be, and listen to your lying divinations; can you save them from the ruin and destruction that is coming upon them? There is often something very quaint and forcible about the imagery of the old prophets. "prophesying." Here and in the following verses it is nearly equivalent to persons. "The fox is cunning (Luke 13:32); it spoils the vine and its fruits (Song of Song of Solomon 2:15); and it burrows among ruins (Nehemiah 4:3). Pillows for all elbows. In the second place, they make coverings upon the heads of men, and construct them in such a form that they exactly fit the stature or size or every individual, so that the men neither hear nor see; i.e., by means of their flattering lies, which adapt themselves to the subjective inclinations of their hearers at the time, they cover up the senses of the men, so that they retain neither ear nor eye for the truth." “We may perhaps read between the lines the thought that their utterances, like their veils, were adapted to suit every age and every taste.’ Ezekiel points out, we may believe, what he had seen. `` cushion '' or `` pillow '' ( lxx προσκεφάλαια, Vulg so that ''. Circumdo, terque haec altaria circum Effigiem duco coverings upon all arms, this. Kerchiefs upon the head of every age, whether younger or elder which! Following verses it is so captivity, or life, peace, and still,! 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