And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the prattler of this people." v. 11
Read chapter 2.
This chapter speaks of the Lord's indictment against the sidedness of the people of Israel. They reject His true prophets that He sends to them, but will listen to a prophet who tells them to get drunk! How often do I hear that their justification to drink alcohol is because Jesus' first miracle was making alcohol; talk about this verse being true today of wanting reasons to say it's ok to get drunk. They only listen to what they want to hear and use that to justify wealthy suppressing the poor (v.1), coveting (v.2), mug (v.8), etc. The word for prattler is literally "dropper of words." The condemnation continues until the last two verse, where He predicts their return in the future kingdom. Have you ever been a "prattler"? Have you ever followed a prattler?
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