Arba'in — Page 138
138 albeit I have not spoken?’ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Jehovah; ; Because ye have spoken [vanity, and seen] lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD Jehovah [verse 13:8]. And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: [verse 13:9] … (that is, they do not see a vision clearly, but assume on their own that it is the word from God, though it is not). And they know that they lack the means to attain to certainty but they still falsely talk of things unseen. They shall be destroyed because they are guilty of audacity. Thus O false prophets! So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be dis- covered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: … See the Torah, Ezekiel, chapter 13, verse 3 to verse 14. And then in support of this same thing, it is written in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush in one day. . . and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. See Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 5. 1 Similarly, concerning false prophets, it is written in the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah: 1. In the King James Version, this reference is Isaiah 9:14–15. [Publisher]