Ezekiel 13:1-9
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The word of the Lord came to me:
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a "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those b who prophesy from their own hearts: 'Hear the word of the Lord!'
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Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
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Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel.
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c You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord.
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d They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'Declares the Lord,' e when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.
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Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, f whenever you have said, 'Declares the Lord,' although I have not spoken?"
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Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, g I am against you, declares the Lord God.
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My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, h nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, i nor shall they enter the land of Israel. j And you shall know that I am the Lord God.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 2:1
And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 13:17
And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own minds. Prophesy against them
Jeremiah 23:16
Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:26
How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said he would destroy them - had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
Psalms 80:12
Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
Isaiah 5:5
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Isaiah 58:12
And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 13:23
Therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 21:29
While they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you - to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
Ezekiel 22:28
And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord God,' when the Lord has not spoken.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
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Cross References
Jeremiah 14:14
And the Lord said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 23:21
I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
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Cross References
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Ezekiel 21:3
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Ezekiel 26:3
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Ezekiel 28:22
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Ezekiel 29:3
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Ezekiel 30:22
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Ezekiel 34:10
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Ezekiel 35:3
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Ezekiel 38:3
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Jeremiah 21:13
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Cross References
Ezra 2:59
The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:
Ezra 2:62
These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Nehemiah 7:5
Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:
Psalms 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
Psalms 87:6
The Lord records as he registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah
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Cross References
Ezekiel 20:38
I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 6:7
And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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