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' be as vain as he faith theirs 15; and, 1f one, why not borh ; Well, theſe Fools are capable of no better Anſw-r than that which will de-! ſtroy at once their Doubts and their Hopes; Judgment executed ſhall convince the falle Prophers of their lying Divination, and theſe A- |
theiſts of their illogical Inferences. 7 For this many Years, for 70 Years to come, and till Wickedneſs ſhall again take root with the
Proſperity of the returned Captivity. 25 For I am the « LORD : I will ſpeak, and the word that I ſhall ſpeak x ſhall come to pals : it y ſhall
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houſe, will I ſay the word, and will z perform it, faith the Lord GOD.
u I can diſcover the Vanity of flattering Prophets, and will do it, by making good what my true Prophets have foretold. « No length ofetime ſhall make me forgertit, no'Pretences of ſelf-flattering Prophets or People, ſha!l divert it, no Power can hinder me, nor Counſel de- feat me. y What Jeremiah, what Ezzkic! have for2told, I will now ac- compliſh in theſe Days, and defer no Jonger. z I will not preach to you by my Prophets the fata] Sorrows of your Childrens Children, who ſhould cry out of Calamities when you are paſt feeling them, bur theſame Age rhat hearsthe Threat ſhall feel che Execution : the Enemy I raiſe againſt you ſhall burn your Ciry and Temple, ſpoil your Goods, famiſh you in the Siege, and lead you Captives after the Siege; and all this and a thouſand rimes more ſhall come upon you in your Days, O rebellious Houle ! When all this comes to paſs, your Proverb will be ſure tro ceaſe indeed. Hitherto he anſwers the ungodly Uſers and Abettors of this Proverb.
26 E' Again « the word of the LORD came to me, ſaying,
a For inſtructing ſome that were ſeduced by thoſe Scoffers before- mentioned.
: 27 Son of man, 6 behold, rhey of the houſe of Iſrael *2Per. 3. < ſay, The 4 viſion that he feeth x5 tor * many days to come, ' and he prophelieth of times that are far off. a © Some of the lcfs judicious, and mor? credulous, are abuſed by * theſe fortof Men. c Think and hope, and fo diſcourſe it. @ That the Propher 15 a good Man and true Prophet, bur ſurely his Vitions look to after-times : we do not think his Viltons vain, but we hope they are not to come on us, and inour Days. Now theſe God will have kis Propher ro inſtru inthis Matter, which he doth inthe next Verſe. 28 e [herctore f fay unto thein , "Thus ſaith the Lord GOD, "There ſhall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have ſpoken ſhall be done, faith the Lord God. _ e Since 'tis an erroneous Opinion they are brought into, *tis not from Contempt of my Truth, butfrom Weaknets. f Warn them mildiy, te] them the Days are very near indeed, and there will be no Adjournment. Now 'twill be done asfoon as ſpoken almoſt, and God will make a ſhort Work with them in Righteouſneſs, and a very tew Days will bring his Judgments to light.
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God commanadcth Ezekiel to reprove the falſe prophets and their untempered merter, 1—16. and the lying prophetcſſes and their pillows, I 7—20. Ther hnnting the ſouls of the People, 21. Their making the heart of the rightcous ſad, 22,
I ND the @ word of the LORD came unto me,
> ſaying, s This fiſt Verſe is the Commiſſion, by virtue whereof Ezckic! attethas a Propher, and 'tis in the uſual ſtile near forty times in Eze- kiel, as here "tis,
FH. .;. 4 lfraet * that + e prophelie,, and fay thou unto them
Pars. that propheſie F out of their own * hearts, g Hear ye
WT + the word of the LORD.
E&Z © 56 Declare afore-hand what T will do. c Againſt Prince and People firſt, Next againſt Prophets and Propheteſles, againſt tlie former in the toregoing Chapters, againlt the latter in this Chapter. . 4 Becauſe ap-
proved of 1/-ael, enceuraged by 1ſrde!, and followed; but not Prophets | [Infany after the Remo Som Captivity z o7, they ſhalt
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of the Lord, he ſent ther not ; whether theſe were 1n Ba> jon, or in Jerulalem, tome Enquiry 15 mede; probably theſe falie Prophers were in both Places. ce Forere} whar 1s pleaſing t9 che Jews, a fadden Re. rurn out of Caprivity, with the Veſlelsof the Lord's Houſe, and Pco. ſperity In their own Land. 7 Bur all their promiſing Words are of themſelves, our of their own deceiving hearts, not from God, and ſo all will be Lies. g Ceaſe to deceive my People, and at:end now to
and the r effect | what God ſpeaks of you.
'3 Thus faith the Lord GOD, b Wo unto the 7 fooliſh 4 13:5. prophets, that -| follow their own & ſpirir, and {! / have walk after. feen nothing. Or, ant
h They ſhall be doubly miſerable, ſuffering with rhe deceived, ang *hings
ſuffering by rhe Inraged, when their Lies are detecF-d. 7 Eirherin a winch van | moral Senſe, j. c. wicked, orina literal Senſe, unwile, *Ti; borh foo- have net | lifhly wicked and imprudent to pretend Revelatio 15, and yet have none/** from God. &k Jn conrradittinCtion to the Spirit of God, the true Spirit of Prophecy, they ſtrongly fancy wharthey would have, and then ( preſumptuouſly prophecy that it ſhall come to paſs. / God hath ſhe: ed theta no Viſion, nothing of all they pretend to is from God. 4 O m [frael, » thy prophets are like the foxes in the p deſerts. m A patherical Exclamation to awake 7/-ael, both the Dwrellers at Jeruſalem and thoſe at Baby/on. nu Thy Prophersnor mine, as wer. 2, |0 Hungry and ravening, crafty and guiletul, and living by ther Wits, | bur nor one whir he'ptulro thoſe they deceive; ſuch arc falſe Prophets. , ' þ Where want of Prey makes them more eager of their Prey, and where other devouring Beaſts endanger Trave!lers, but no Dcfence to them from Foxes, theſe fly into their Holes berimes, and leave the endangered ones, Or taus, Q Iſrael, thou art like the D-lert ſpoiled and robbed, and thy faiſe Prophetslike Foxes hungry and huncing for
2 Sor of man, b propheſie againſt the c prophets of
ſome Prey, live upon what they can catch, but will bz no mare profi- table to rhee than Foxes are to the Wilderaeſs,
7 Ye have not 7 gone up into the || gaps, neither
's + made up the hedge for the houfe of lirael, rot ſtand Pl Or, in the « batrel in the day of the LORD. _ S
| 9 Vulpin Prophets. r Asin a beſieged City whoſe Wall is broken hedged up