Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 2

He speaks of the exiled prophets, as will be evident from the context:
for among the captives there were those who assumed the name of God,
boasting themselves endowed with the prophetic spirit: but meanwhile
they intruded into the office, and then vainly boasted in their
deceptions. But the end which they proposed to themselves was to
promise the people a speedy return, and so to will the favor of the
multitude. For the captives were already almost broken-hearted by
weariness: and seventy ...