Ezekiel 13

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False Prophets Condemned
CHAPTER 13False Prophets Condemned13 1Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy against the aIs 9:15; Jer 37:19; Ezek 22:25, 28 prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own [I]Lit heart inspiration, ‘bIs 1:10; Amos 7:16Listen to the word of the Lord! 3‘Thus says the Lord [J]God, “Woe to the aLam 2:14; Hos 9:7; Zech 11:15 foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have bJer 23:28-32seen nothing. 4“O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins. 5“You have not aPs 106:23; Jer 23:22; Ezek 22:30 gone up into the bIs 58:12 breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the cIs 13:6, 9; Ezek 7:19day of the Lord. 6“They see [K]Lit vanity aJer 29:8; Ezek 22:28 falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; bJer 28:15; 37:19yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word. 7“aEzek 22:28Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’” 8Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken [L]Lit vanity falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, aEzek 5:8; 21:3; Nah 2:13I am against you,” declares the Lord God. 9“So My hand will be against the aJer 20:3-6; 28:15-17 prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will [M]Lit not be in have no place in the council of My people, bPs 69:28; 87:6; Jer 17:13; Dan 12:1nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, [N]Or and you will know that you may know that I am the Lord God. 10“It is definitely because they have aJer 23:32; 50:6 misled My people by saying, ‘bJer 6:14; 8:11; 14:13 Peace!’ when there is cEzek 7:25; 13:16no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; 11so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A aEzek 38:22flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out. 12“Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’” 13Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and aEx 9:24, 25; Ps 18:12, 13; Is 30:30; Rev 11:19; 16:21hailstones to consume it in wrath. 14“So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its aMic 1:6; Hab 3:13 foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be bJer 6:15; 14:15 consumed in its midst. And you will cEzek 13:9know that I am the Lord. 15“Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, ‘The wall [O]Lit is not...are notis gone and its plasterers are gone, 16along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who aJer 6:14; 8:11; Ezek 13:10 see visions of peace for her when there is bIs 57:21no peace,’ declares the Lord God. 17“Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are aJudg 4:4; 2 Kin 22:14; Luke 2:36; Acts 21:9 prophesying bEzek 13:2; Rev 2:20from their own [P]Lit heart inspiration. Prophesy against them 18and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on [Q]all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to a2 Pet 2:14hunt down [R]Or souls lives! Will you hunt down the [S]Or souls lives of My people, but preserve the [T]Or souls lives of others for yourselves? 19“aProv 28:21; Mic 3:5 For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death [U]Or souls some who should not die and to bJer 23:14, 17keep [V]Or souls others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’” 20Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt [W]Lit souls lives there as [X]Or flying onesbirds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let [Y]Lit souls them go, even those [Z]Lit souls lives whom you hunt as [A]Or flying onesbirds. 21“I will also tear off your veils and aPs 91:3; 124:7deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am the Lord. 22“Because you aAmos 5:12 disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have [B]Lit strengthen the hands of bJer 23:14; 34:16, 22 encouraged the wicked not to cEzek 18:21, 27, 30-32; 33:14-16turn from his wicked way and preserve his life, 23therefore, you women will no longer see [C]Lit vanity aEzek 12:24; 13:6; Mic 3:6; Zech 13:3 false visions or practice divination, and I will bEzek 13:21; 34:10 deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will cEzek 13:9, 21know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 13 (NASB)