1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Ezekiel 14:9 | *And when the prophet shall err, and speak a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet; and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will cut him off from the midst of my people Israel. Ezechiel 13:3. | Err. He speaks of false prophets, answering out of their own heads, and according to their own corrupt inclinations. --- Deceived, etc. God Almighty deceives false prophets, partly by withdrawing his light from them; and abandoning them to their own corrupt inclinations, which push them on to prophesy such things as are agreeable to those that consult them: and partly by disappointing them, and causing all things to happen contrary to what they have said. (Challoner) --- God permits the deception, to punish both the impostor and his hearers. (Worthington) --- Thus was Balaam treated, (Calmet) Numbers xxii. (Haydock) --- He could do nothing of himself, (St. Jerome) 2 Kings 22:22. (Calmet) --- Here also an interrogation might be used (Haydock) in Hebrew, "have I?" etc. (Feiffer dub. cent. 4. b. lviii.) --- I have manifested the deceit, Ezechiel 13:18. |