Ezekiel 13:1-16
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh’s Wrath Against Lying Prophets
13 Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the (A)prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own heart, ‘(B)Hear the word of Yahweh! 3 Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the (C)wickedly foolish prophets who are walking after their own spirit and have (D)seen nothing. 4 O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among waste places. 5 You have not (E)gone up into the (F)breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the (G)day of Yahweh. 6 They behold (H)worthlessness and lying divination who are saying, ‘Yahweh declares,’ when Yahweh has not sent them; (I)yet they wait for the establishing of their word. 7 (J)Did you not see a worthless vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘Yahweh declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
8 Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because you have spoken worthlessness and beheld a lie, therefore behold, (K)I am against you,” declares Lord Yahweh. 9 “So My hand will be against the (L)prophets who see worthless visions and utter lying divinations. They will not be in the council of My people, (M)nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, [a]that you may know that I am Lord Yahweh. 10 It is definitely because they have (N)misled My people by saying, ‘(O)Peace!’ when there is (P)no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; 11 so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash that it will fall. A (Q)flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a stormy wind will break out. 12 Now behold, the wall will fall. Will it then not be said to you, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’” 13 Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will make a stormy wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and (R)hailstones to consume it in wrath. 14 So I will pull down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its (S)foundation is laid bare; and it will fall, and you will be (T)consumed in its midst. And you will (U)know that I am Yahweh. 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 [b]is gone, and its plasterers are gone— 16 the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem and who (V)see visions of peace for her when there is (W)no peace,’ declares Lord Yahweh.
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- Ezekiel 13:9 Or and you will know
- Ezekiel 13:15 Lit is not...are not
Ezekiel 13:1-16
American Standard Version
13 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: 3 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, [a]and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places. 5 Ye have not gone up into the [b]gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah. 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they [c]have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed. 7 Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, in that ye say, Jehovah saith; albeit I have not spoken?
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah. 9 And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the [d]council of my people, neither shall they be written in the [e]writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah. 10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up [f]a wall, behold, they daub it with [g]untempered mortar: 11 say unto them that daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 to wit, the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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- Ezekiel 13:3 Or, and things which they have not seen
- Ezekiel 13:5 Or, breaches
- Ezekiel 13:6 Or, have hoped
- Ezekiel 13:9 Or, secret
- Ezekiel 13:9 Or, register
- Ezekiel 13:10 Or, a slight wall
- Ezekiel 13:10 Or, whitewash. So in verses 11, 14, 15
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