Ezekiel 13:22
in Ezekiel 13Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;
KJV
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
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This verse in Ezekiel 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWith lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad - Here is the ministry of these false prophetesses, and its effects. They told lies: they would speak, and they had no truth to tell; and therefore spoke falsities. They “saddened the souls of the righteous, and strengthened the hands of the wicked.” They promised them life, and prevented them from repenting and turning from their sins.
This site's exposition
you have disheartened the righteous with your lies
on Ezekiel 13:22-23
The good are grieved and the wicked emboldened. It ends where it began: “you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Let us pray that God will deliver us even from the hand of such leaders who, wherever they are, speak to please their hearers and cut and divide the church, because many are more fond of pleasures than they are of God.
(Verse 17 and following) And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own heart, and prophesy against them, and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: Woe to those who sew cushions for all armholes and make veils for the heads of people of every height, to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But it is observable that Israel was never imposed upon by pretenders to prophecy till after they had rejected and abused the true prophets; as, afterwards, they were never deluded by counterfeit messiahs till after they had refused the true Messiah and rejected him.
Nor can any thing strengthen the hands of sinners more than to tell them that they may be saved in their sins without repentance, or that there may be repentance though they do not return from their wicked ways.
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,....
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַ֣עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| הַכְא֤וֹת | hakhot | disheartened | H3512 → | |
| לֵב־ | lev- | [the] heart of | H3820 → | 595 times |
| צַדִּיק֙ | tzadik | [the] righteous | H6662 → | 206 times |
| שֶׁ֔קֶר | sheker | falsehood | H8267 → | |
| וַאֲנִ֖י | vaani | and I | H589 → | 874 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִכְאַבְתִּ֑יו | hikhavtiv | I caused pain him | H3510 → | |
| וּלְחַזֵּק֙ | ulechazek | and to strengthen | H2388 → | 291 times |
| יְדֵ֣י | yedei | [the] hands of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| רָשָׁ֔ע | rasha' | [the] wicked | H7563 → | 263 times |
| לְבִלְתִּי־ | levilti- | to not | H1115 → | 112 times |
| שׁ֛וּב | shuv | to turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מִדַּרְכּ֥וֹ | midarko | from way his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הָרָ֖ע | hara' | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃ | lehachayoto | to preserve alive him | H2421 → | 282 times |
יַ֣עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
הַכְא֤וֹתdisheartened
hakhotH3512 →
לֵב־[the] heart of
lev-H3820 →595 times
צַדִּיק֙[the] righteous
tzadikH6662 →206 times
שֶׁ֔קֶרfalsehood
shekerH8267 →
וַאֲנִ֖יand I
vaaniH589 →874 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִכְאַבְתִּ֑יוI caused pain him
hikhavtivH3510 →
וּלְחַזֵּק֙and to strengthen
ulechazekH2388 →291 times
יְדֵ֣י[the] hands of
yedeiH3027 →1618 times
רָשָׁ֔ע[the] wicked
rasha'H7563 →263 times
לְבִלְתִּי־to not
levilti-H1115 →112 times
שׁ֛וּבto turn back
shuvH7725 →1056 times
מִדַּרְכּ֥וֹfrom way his
midarkoH1870 →707 times
הָרָ֖ע<the> evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃to preserve alive him
lehachayotoH2421 →282 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
it leads to
- Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
- 2 Corinthians 1:22
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
- Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Revelation 7:2–3
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to…
- Revelation 20:4
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for…
- Revelation 9:4
Through
Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
it leads to
- Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Jeremiah 8:11
They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this…
- Micah 3:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 3:6.