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20 Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I hate the wristbands that you use in your attempt to control life and death. I will rip them off your arms and set free the people that you were controlling.[a] 21 I will rip off your scarves and let my people escape from your power once and for all. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

22 “By your lies you discourage good people, whom I do not wish to hurt. You prevent evil people from giving up evil and saving their lives.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:20 In verse 20 in Hebrew a word occurs twice, the meaning of which is unclear.

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