18 and say , 'Thus says the Lord GOD , "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists e and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives ! Will you hunt down the lives of My people , but preserve the lives of others for yourselves?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 13:18
Commentary on Ezekiel 13:17-23
(Read Ezekiel 13:17-23)
It is ill with those who had rather hear pleasing lies than unpleasing truths. The false prophetesses tried to make people secure, signified by laying them at ease, and to make them proud, signified by the finery laid on their heads. They shall be confounded in their attempts, and God's people shall be delivered out of their hands. It behoves Christians to keep close to the word of God, and in every thing to seek the teaching of the Holy Spirit. Let us so trust the promises of God as to keep his commandments.