Ezekiel 13

False Prophets Condemned

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, prophesy a against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to b those who prophesy out of their own c heart, 1 'Hear the word of the LORD!' " 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen 2 nothing! 4 "O Israel, your prophets are d like foxes in the deserts. 5 "You e have not gone up into the 3 gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD. 6 f "They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has g not sent them; yet they hope that the word may 4 be confirmed. 7 "Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The LORD says,' but I have not spoken."

8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD. 9 "My hand will be h against the prophets who envision futility and who i divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, j nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, k nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. l Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, m 'Peace!' when there is no peace - and one builds a wall, and they n plaster 5 it with untempered mortar - 11 "say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. o There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. 12 "Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?' " 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. 14 "So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. p Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 15 "Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, 16 'that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who q see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,' " says the Lord GOD.

17 "Likewise, son of man, r set your face against the daughters of your people, s who prophesy out of their own 6 heart; prophesy against them, 18 "and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms 7 on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you t hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive? 19 "And will you profane Me among My people u for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?"

20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like 8 birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds. 21 "I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. v Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 22 "Because with w lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have x strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. 23 "Therefore y you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD." ' "

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:7
    But they also have erred through wine, And through intoxicating drink are out of the way; The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink, They are swallowed up by wine, They are out of the way through intoxicating drink; They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
    Jeremiah 23:1 - 40
    Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" says the LORD.
    Lamentations 2:14
    Your prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.
    Ezekiel 22:25 - 28
    The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:17
    Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 14:14
    And the LORD said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.
    Jeremiah 23:16
    Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD.
    Jeremiah 23:26
    How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart.
  4. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:15
    Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 106:23
    Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.
    Jeremiah 23:22
    But if they had stood in My counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have turned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings.
    Ezekiel 22:30
    So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:8
    For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
    Ezekiel 22:28
    Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD had not spoken.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 27:8 - 15
    And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,' says the LORD, 'with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:30
    Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who steal My words every one from his neighbor.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:3 - 6
    And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but MagorMissa'bib.
  10. Cross References
    Ezra 2:59
    And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not identify their father's house or their genealogy, whether they were of Israel:
    Ezra 2:62
    These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.
    Nehemiah 7:5
    Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:
    Psalms 69:28
    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:3 - 6
    And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but MagorMissa'bib.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:10
    You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
    Ezekiel 11:12
    "And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you." '"
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:14
    They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace.
    Jeremiah 8:11
    For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:28
    Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD had not spoken.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 38:22
    And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:9
    My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
    Ezekiel 13:21
    I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
    Ezekiel 13:23
    "Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD." '"
    Ezekiel 14:8
    I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:14
    They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace.
    Jeremiah 8:11
    For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace.
    Jeremiah 28:9
    "As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."
    Ezekiel 13:10
    Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace - and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar -
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:46
    Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South.
    Ezekiel 21:2
    Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:2
    "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word of the LORD!'"
    Revelation 2:20
    Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
  20. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:14
    Having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.
  21. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:15 - 17
    Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.
    Proverbs 28:21
    To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
    Micah 3:5
    Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets Who make my people stray; Who chant "Peace" While they chew with their teeth, But who prepare war against him Who puts nothing into their mouths:
    Romans 16:18
    For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
    1 Peter 5:2
    Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:9
    My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 28:15
    Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Hear now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:14
    Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:24
    For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 13:6
    They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.
    Micah 3:5
    Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets Who make my people stray; Who chant "Peace" While they chew with their teeth, But who prepare war against him Who puts nothing into their mouths:
    Micah 3:6
    Therefore you shall have night without vision, And you shall have darkness without divination; The sun shall go down on the prophets, And the day shall be dark for them.
    Zechariah 13:3
    It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, 'You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.' And his father and mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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