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Ezekiel 13:8

Ezekiel 13:8

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... This is what he says, and it may be depended on will come to pass; though the other he said not, they said he did, but was a lying divination:because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies; which will in the issue prove so, lying and deceitful; what never came from God, but from themselves and the father of lies, and would never be accomplished:therefore, behold, I [am] against you, saith the Lord God; or, "I unto you"; which may be supplied thus, "I come", or "will come, unto you" ; in a way of providence, and chastise and punish you; see Re 2:16; or I will be your adversary; and a sad thing it is for any to have God to be against them; there is no contending with him; none ever hardened themselves against him, and prospered; men are but with him as stubble, or as thorns and briers to a consuming fire.

Mkyla ynnh "ecce ego ad vos", V. L. "sub.

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