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"I am against your magic charms"

Text: Ezekiel 13:20

HUNTING FOR SOULS

The women prophets were even more aggressive than their male counterparts. They were compared to hunters. The prophetesses hunted souls!

“Therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘Behold, I am against your magic charms
by which you hunt souls there like birds.
I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go,
the souls you hunt like birds.
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand,
and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.'”
Ezekiel 13:20-21

1. Magic charms.

a) Creative ways of the prophetesses.

i) They wore charms on their sleeves or arms.

ii) These were noticed by people.

iii) They sold charms as if they were able to protect them from evil.

b) Charms were also called:

i) Amulets

ii) Talisman

c) Souls were hunted like birds.

i) Traps were laid.

ii) Snares were used.

iii) The gullible ones were soon captured.

2. Freeing captured souls.

a) God declared that He would free the captive souls.

b) They will be torn from the grasp of these prophetesses.

3. Deliverance promised.

a) The veils the prophetesses used would be torn.

b) God would expose their wrong and evil deeds.

c) He would deliver the souls of His people and set them free.

d) They will no longer be prey to the prophetesses.

4. The Lord would be known.

a) For His word of power.

b) For the redemptive work that He would do for His people.

c) The prophetesses would be exposed for what they are:

i) False

ii) Weak

iii) Powerless