Ezekiel 12:24 | |
24. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. | 24. Quia non erit amplius omnis visio 1 mendacii, 2 et divinatio blandientis in medio domus Israel. |
Here God deprives the Jews of another source of confidence; for they flattered themselves, and had their own agitators, that is false Prophets, who puffed them up with flatteries: hence when they heard prophecies of sadness they despised them, and afterwards hardened themselves as if the Prophets had frightened them needlessly. Every one was too much inclined to this besotted confidence, but, as I have said, enticements were added, by which the flatterers deceived them. For the false Prophets said, that God would not be so severe, and that those predictions about the destruction of the city and temple were at variance with many promises. We see then that the Prophets were despised by the voluntary contumacy of the people, and also by the perverse acts of the false Prophets. Afterwards God asserted,
1 That is, "any vision." -- Calvin.
2 Or, "vanity." -- Calvin.