And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity,.... Both the false prophet, and those that sought unto him, and were deceived by him; and which being laid according to the strictness of divine…
Adam Clarke
The punishment of the prophet - They are both equally guilty; both have left the Lord, and both shall be equally punished.
Here is, I. The address which some of the elders of Israel made to the prophet, as an oracle, to enquire of the Lord by him. They came, and sat before him, Eze 14:1. It is probable that they were not…
Cambridge Bible
Both the people and prophet shall perish together; the punishment of the one shall be as that of the other. Already Jer 14:15-16; Jer 27:15.
The passage rests on such general assumptions as these: 1.…
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