Eze 22:25 | JFB | STEP | 25. conspiracy-- The false prophets have conspired both to propagate error and to oppose the messages of God's servants. They are mentioned first, as their bad influence extended the widest. prey-- Their aim was greed of gain, "treasure, and precious things" ( ; , ; ). made ... many widows-- by occasioning, through false prophecies, the war with the Chaldeans in which the husbands fell.

‏ Ezekiel 22:25

25. conspiracy--The false prophets have conspired both to propagate error and to oppose the messages of God's servants. They are mentioned first, as their bad influence extended the widest.

prey--Their aim was greed of gain, "treasure, and precious things" (Ho 6:9; Zep 3:3, 4; Mt 23:14).

made ... many widows--by occasioning, through false prophecies, the war with the Chaldeans in which the husbands fell.