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And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?
Ezekiel 13:19 — KJV
Handfuls of barley. Some have understood the reference here to be the ancient custom of bringing presents to a prophet when consulting him (1 Samuel 9:7, 8; 1 Kings 14:3). Inasmuch as barley was an inferior grain, and handfuls a scant quantity, these words might indicate the exceedingly small profit for which these false prophetesses were willing to pervert the truth and lead the people to their ruin. Others see a reference here to the ancient custom of divination with barley and crumbs.
Hear your lies. The words may indicate a propensity to listen to pleasing falsehoods. Jeremiah describes such a state of things, “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so” (Jeremiah 5:31).
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