Sermon Tone Analysis

Judgment on the Prophets

In chapter 12 Ezekiel spoke against the false security that led those in exiles to think that judgment was not imminent.

They have been encouraged by visions and divination of many false prophets and prophetess.

Now Ezekiel was instructed to charges them for their foolish ways.

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The Characteristics of the Prophets

They were foolish - spiritual and morally insensitive com paired to the nature of a wise man.

Used to describe people who blasphemed.

People who were arrogant

Speaks of people who are atheistic.

It’s also used to describe people who lacked self-discipline and humility.

Ezekiel described the basic cause of their foolishness as their reliance on their own hearts and failure to seek God’s revelation.

They are described in Jeremiah:

Jer 23:17-22

These prophets misled the people who relied upon them for the truth

They speak from their heart or mind; but we were warned:

Jer 17

These prophets followed their own spirit, not the Spirit of God.

They spoke from their heart.

They don’t care about the people and prophecy based on their best interest and failed to prepare the people for the difficult times ahead.

They had abused their gifts and offices and dulled the people’s ears to the true message of God.

They Failed as Watchmen over the Nation of Judah.

God’s Verdict

Ezekiel 13:

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Judgment on the Prophetesses

These women were involved in divination and sorcery.

Their practice of witchcraft was common in ancient Babylonia and Egypt.

But witchcraft was forbidden

The practice of these false prophetesses was to tie bands of cloth to their wrists and place veils over their heads as they cast spells over people’s lives.

Ezekiel 13

Some have understood the bread and barley to represent the cheap payment these prophetesses would accept in return for their occult practices; but Hittite practices and later Syrian rituals demonstrate that divination was carried out with barley bread either as part of the pagan sacrificial ritual or as a means of determining whether the victim would live or die.

These women not only had the power to kill people through their incantations, they also lied to God’s people.

Because they listened many died unnecessarily.

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Ezekiel 13:21

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Ezekiel 13:23