17 “Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are (A)prophesying (B)from their own [a]inspiration. Prophesy against them 18 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on [b]all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to (C)hunt down [c]lives! Will you hunt down the [d]lives of My people, but preserve the [e]lives of others for yourselves? 19 (D)For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death [f]some who should not die and to (E)keep [g]others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:17 Lit heart
  2. Ezekiel 13:18 Lit all joints of the hand; M.T. reads of my hands
  3. Ezekiel 13:18 Or souls
  4. Ezekiel 13:18 Or souls
  5. Ezekiel 13:18 Or souls
  6. Ezekiel 13:19 Or souls
  7. Ezekiel 13:19 Or souls