Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 11:2

2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in the city.

So soon as the Prophet had seen and observed how many, and who they were.

The Lord sitting on the cherub, chap. 10. verse 4.

Not the only men but indeed the most notorious.

Frame and contrive with craft and false reasonings.

Vanity, so the thing was, and mischief the fruit of it. They perswade the people that the City shall not be burnt, but that they may safely build, and long dwell in their Houses; this vain hope exhausts that money with which they might have provided for themselves, and this proves a mischief.

This may be explication of that he last spake. Or, possibly it may note their activity and diligence going about the City and counselling their acquaintance to put off the evil day. Or, perhaps they treat a compliance and coalition with the Chaldean superstitions to save themselves, 'tis not impossible they might give counsel to unhappy Zedekiah. The Chaldee Paraphrast here useth a word whose first notation is to Reign or be a King, the second sense to give Counsel, whose Counsellors so ever they were, their counsel tended to shame and losse.

Marginal references: Vanity.