those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.' Sermons
I. AN INSECURE FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE. Spiritual work is often compared to the labour of a builder. The wise and faithful teacher and counsellor lays a sound foundation, builds with strong and approved material, carries out a wise plan with patience and efficiency, and brings his work to a prosperous issue when the topstone is laid with rejoicing. Far otherwise is it with the worldly and crafty, who build for their own selfish purposes, who are careless as to the basis upon which they rear the edifice, as to the substance, and the workmanship. All they care for is the appearance presented by their work. When they labour professedly for the good of their fellow men, they are like the builder who uses rotten stone and daubs it with untempered mortar. The structure is for a time imposing to the eye of the beholder; defects are hidden, and all looks well. Those who mislead the Lord's people are in the habit of saying, "Peace!" when there is no peace. Their visions are illusive, and their prophecies are falsehoods. II. STORM AND RAIN. The plausible appearance is but for a season. Time tries all. There is ever a day of reckoning at hand. The prophet of the Lord reminds pretenders and hypocrites that an overflowing shower, great hailstones, and a stormy wind shall come. The anger and fury of the Lord wilt not always be restrained. It was so in the history of the Jewish people. Smooth things had been prophesied, but not with Divine authority. The peace was superficial and brief. The calamites which false counsellors had represented as imaginary proved to be an awful reality. What, then, became of the work which had been carried out with loud professions of authority, and which had appeared to the unobservant so fair and sound? The wall was broken down, the daubing disappeared, and they who daubed it were no more seen. "Who can abide the day of his coming.?" In the hour of trial there is no security save in a Divine foundation, in workmanship wrought upon Divine principles and in accordance with Divine plans. The building which is of God shall stand. But the worthlessness of all beside shall be made manifest. What is not of God shall be swept away by the flood and tempest of inevitable judgment. APPLICATION. 1. The solemnity and responsibility of the ministry to souls are impressively taught in the imagery of this passage. Let every man take heed what and how he builds. 2. The importance is made apparent of applying to wise and faithful counsellors It is not the learned, the prudent, the pretentious, who must needs be right and trustworthy. Let every man try the spirits, whether they are taught of God. - T.
Which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace. Homiletic Magazine. I. They "see visions of peace" WHO PREACH AND SPEAK WHAT IS PLEASING RATHER THAN WHAT IS OF TRUTH AND OF GOD. A people's folly will find exponents. But truth perverted will be avenged. False doctrine is but untempered mortar.II. They "see visions of peace," and "there is no peace." WHO NEGLECT DUTY AND STILL HOPE FOR REWARD. Foolish dreamers are they who look for fortune, or learning, or piety without careful attention and unremitting diligence. III. They "see visions of peace" when "there is no peace" WHO LIVE IN SIN AND WORLDLINESS, AND HOPE FOR EVERLASTING SALVATION. (Homiletic Magazine.) People EzekielPlaces JerusalemTopics Affirmation, Along, Declares, Jerusalem, Peace, Prophesied, Prophesy, Prophesying, Prophets, Says, Seeing, Sovereign, Vision, Visions, WitOutline 1. The reproof of false prophets10. and their untempered mortar 17. Of prophecies and their pillows Dictionary of Bible Themes Ezekiel 13:1-237760 preachers, responsibilities Library That the Ruler Should not Set his Heart on Pleasing Men, and yet Should Give Heed to what Ought to Please Them. Meanwhile it is also necessary for the ruler to keep wary watch, lest the lust of pleasing men assail him; lest, when he studiously penetrates the things that are within, and providently supplies the things that are without, he seek to be beloved of those that are under him more than truth; lest, while, supported by his good deeds, he seems not to belong to the world, self-love estrange him from his Maker. For he is the Redeemer's enemy who through the good works which he does covets being loved … Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great Of the Character of the Unregenerate. That the Ruler Should be Discreet in Keeping Silence, Profitable in Speech. "Now the End of the Commandment," &C. Purity and Peace in the Present Lord Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 13:16 NIVEzekiel 13:16 NLT Ezekiel 13:16 ESV Ezekiel 13:16 NASB Ezekiel 13:16 KJV Ezekiel 13:16 Bible Apps Ezekiel 13:16 Parallel Ezekiel 13:16 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 13:16 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 13:16 French Bible Ezekiel 13:16 German Bible Ezekiel 13:16 Commentaries Bible Hub |