Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord,.... Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was, and…
Barnes' Notes
That use their tongues - literally, that take their tongues. Their second characteristic. They have no message from God, but they take their tongues, their only implement, and say, He saith, using the…
Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly.…
Cambridge Bible
use The tongue is all of which they can avail themselves. There is no first-hand knowledge behind it.
He saith This phrase, borrowed from the true prophets, will, they expect, help their sayings to…
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