Ezekiel 13:22

“Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, &c.] By polluting the name of the Lord; by hunting and decoying souls into their destructive nets; and by threatening such who would not give heed to their superstitious rites, lying divinations, and false prophecies: so false teachers make the hearts of such sad, who, having seen the insufficiency of their own righteousness, trust in the righteousness of Christ, and are justified by it; by teaching such doctrines as depreciate the love and grace of God the Father; making his love dependent on the creature; his covenant conditional, and salvation to be by works, and not by grace; as detract from the person, offices, and grace of…”

“ye have made . . . the righteous sad--by lying predictions of calamities impending ever the godly. strengthened . . . wicked-- (Jer 23:14). heart of . . . righteous . . . hands of . . . wicked--Heart is applied to the righteous because the terrors foretold penetrated to their inmost feelings; hands, to the wicked because they were so hardened as not only to despise God in their minds, but also to manifest it in their whole acts, as if avowedly waging war with Him.”

“A rebuke to the false prophetesses, and a declaration that God will confound them, and deliver their victims from their snares. Women were sometimes inspired by the true God, as were Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, and Huldah; but an order of prophetesses was unknown among the people of God, and the existence of such a class in the last days of the kings of Judah was a fresh instance of declension into pagan usages. Ezekiel 13:18-21. Render thus: “Woe to the women that” put charms on every finger-joint, that set veils upon heads of every height to ensnare souls. “Will ye” ensnare “the souls of my people,” and keep your own souls alive, and will ye profane my name “among my people for handfuls of…”

“with lies: Eze 9:4; Jer 4:10, Jer 14:13-17, Jer 23:9, Jer 23:14; Lam 2:11-14 and strengthened: Jer 23:14, Jer 27:14-17, Jer 28:16, Jer 29:32 by promising him life: or, that I should save his life, Heb. by quickening him. Eze 13:16; Gen 3:4, Gen 3:5; Jer 6:14, Jer 8:11, Jer 23:17; Pe2 2:18, Pe2 2:19 Ezekiel 13:23”