Ezekiel 13:20 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Ezekiel 13:20

18 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the women who sew magic charms¹ on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you ^ahunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?

19 And will you profane Me among My people ^afor handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”

20 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like¹ birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds.

21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. ^aThen you shall know that I am the Lord.

22 “Because with ^alies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have ^bstrengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Ezekiel 13:20

I am against your pillows—that is, against your lying ceremonial tricks by which ye cheat the people.

to make them fly—namely, into their snares, as fowlers disturb birds so as to be suddenly caught in the net spread for them. "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).

let . . . souls go—"Ye make them fly" in order to destroy them; "I will let them go" in order to save them (Psalms 91:3; Proverbs 6:5; Hosea 9:8).

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