| Ezekiel 13:18
| And say: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to them that sew cushions under every elbow: and make pillows for the heads of persons of every age to catch souls: and when they caught the souls of my people, they gave life to their souls.
| Cushions, by making people easy in their sins, and promising them impunity, (Challoner) by disguising the truth, or not admonishing people of their danger, Ezechiel 3:17. He alludes to the cushions used on sofas. --- Pillows. Symmachus, "veils;" (Septuagint and Kimchi) or "nets" designed "to take" the unwary; as mispachot may be properly rendered, ver. 20, 21., and Isaias 5:7. (Calmet) --- Souls. That is, they flattered them with promises of life, peace, and security. (Challoner) (Worthington) --- People are often said to do what they only announce, Leviticus 13:11. These impostors pretended to save, while they really destroyed. They shewed a cruel mercy, detaining the people in captivity, or rather Hebrew, "shall you catch?" etc. Do you expect to pass unpunished? (Calmet) --- We might read the Vulgate, "Did they give?" etc. Protestants, "Will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?" (Haydock)
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