Arba'in — Page 139
Number Four 139 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the hosts concerning the prophets (that is, concerning the false prophets); Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall—meaning, deadly poison—for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land [verse 23:15]. . . . Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury towards it (i. e. towards Jerusalem), even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head (upon the head of the false prophets) of the wicked [verse 23:19]. . . . I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied [verse 23:21]. See Jeremiah, chapter 23, verses 5 to 21. Similarly, this is mentioned regarding false prophets in the Book of the Prophet Zechariah:. . . I will cause the prophets (i. e. the false prophets) and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land [verse 13:2]. And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD (that is, as God causes the false prophets to perish, their parents will be very afraid that now they will die because they had spoken lies): and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth [verse 13:3]. (That is, they shall ask him, ‘Do you wish to die that you are indulging in false proph- ecy?) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the (false)