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Ezekiel 13:17-19
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Ezekiel 13:17-19
New International Version
17 “Now, son of man, set your face(A) against the daughters(B) of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them(C) 18 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned(D) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(E) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(F)
Ezekiel 13:17-19
King James Version
Ezekiel 13:17-19
King James Version
17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
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Ezekiel 13:17-19
New English Translation
Ezekiel 13:17-19
New English Translation
17 “As for you, son of man, turn toward[a] the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination.[b] Prophesy against them 18 and say ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands[c] on all their wrists[d] and make headbands[e] for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives![f] Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives? 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people[g] who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!
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- Ezekiel 13:17 tn Heb “set your face against.”
- Ezekiel 13:17 tn Heb “from their heart.”
- Ezekiel 13:18 sn The wristbands mentioned here probably represented magic bands or charms. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:413.
- Ezekiel 13:18 tn Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.
- Ezekiel 13:18 tn The Hebrew term occurs in the Bible only here and in v. 21. It has also been understood as a veil or type of head covering. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:414) suggests that given the context of magical devices, the expected parallel to the magical arm bands, and the meaning of this Hebrew root (סָפַח [safakh, “to attach” or “join”]), it may refer to headbands or necklaces on which magical amulets were worn.
- Ezekiel 13:18 tn Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19).
- Ezekiel 13:19 tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”
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