Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 13:10

10 ¶ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace, and there was no peace: and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered morter.

The verse is a transition to a new subject, or rather to a new manner of discovering and condemning the sin of the false Prophets.

Made my people to erre, both in their apprehension of their sin and danger, and of my displeasure and threats, as if all were less then 'twas, and there needed no Repentance, or submission to the Babylonish King.

All will be well, no warr or else victory, no more going into captivity, but a speedy return of those that are in captivity, when nothing of all this but the contrary was to be told them, universal calamity was at the door, and these var[illegible: 1 letter]ets promise universal tranquillity and plenty.

Some one or other chief among the false Prophets, as Hananiah, Ier. 28.15. and Shema[illegible: 1 letter]ah, Ier. 29.31. Or Ahab Son of Kolajah, Ier. 29.21, 22.

When the state of the Church was shattered and ready to fall, these chief false prophets would undertake to repair and build it, but indeed all was a meer contrived cheat, like as if a pretended Architect should promise to build a wall substantial and sound, but a pack of deceitful builders in confederacy with this one set to laying the stones, and then with dirt instead of morter, with meking and dissolving mire instead of holding, and well tempered Cement, daub the wall, so the chief seducers cry peace, peace and all the kennel of lesser cheats follow full cry, peace, peace, within two years shall the King of Babylon cease saith one, Ier. 28.11. and all the inferiour Prophets applaud the con[illegible: 1 letter]ecture, and perswade the people to believe it, but the end will evince them Lyars, as in the following verse.

Marginal references: Jer. 6.14. and 8.11.; chap. 22.28.