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21 I’ll also tear off your headbands[a] and deliver my people from your grip so that they won’t be under your control anymore. Then you’ll know that I am the Lord.

22 “‘“Because you’ve dismayed the heart of the righteous—whom I never intended to dismay—with lies, and because you’ve encouraged[b] the wicked so that he wouldn’t abandon his evil behavior and by doing so live, 23 you’ll no longer see false visions or again practice divination, because I’m going to deliver my people from your power. Then you’ll know that I am the Lord.”’”

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  1. Ezekiel 13:21 Or veils
  2. Ezekiel 13:22 Lit. you’ve strengthened the hand of

21 I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(A) 22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,(B) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,(C) 23 therefore you will no longer see false visions(D) or practice divination.(E) I will save(F) my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord.(G)’”

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