10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
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For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? …
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa. 30:8), write it in a table , to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it , not in loose papers which might be lost or torn, but in a book , to be preserved for posterity, in perpetuam rei memoriam—for a standing testimony against this wicked generation; let it remain not on…
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