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Ezekiel 13

CHAPTER 13 Ezekiel Prophesies against the Prophets

1 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, the ones prophesying! And you shall speak to the prophets, to the ones prophesying from their own heart. And you shall prophesy, and shall say to them, Hear the word of the lord! 3 Thus says Adonai the lord; Woe to the ones prophesying from their own heart, to the ones going after their own spirit, and altogether they do not see. 4 As foxes in the desolate places, so are your prophets, O Israel. 5 They stood not in firmness, and they gathered not flocks unto the house of Israel; they did not rise up in war, the ones saying, In the day of the lord. 6 Ones seeing false visions, using [²oracles ¹vain], the ones saying, Thus says the lord, and the lord has not sent them. And they began to raise up a false word. 7 Have you not [³vision ²a false ¹seen], and [³divinations ²vain ¹spoken]? And you speak, says the lord, and I spoke not. 8 On account of this, say! Thus says Adonai the lord; Because your words are false, and your divinations vain, on account of this, behold, I am against you, says Adonai the lord. 9 And I will stretch out my hand against the prophets, of the ones seeing false visions, and the ones declaring vain things in instruction of my people. They will not be, nor [²among ³the writing ⁴of the house ⁵of Israel ¹shall they be written], and into the land of Israel they shall not enter; and they shall know that I am Adonai the lord.

The Wall shall Fall

10 Because they misled my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and this one builds a wall, and they plaster it -- it shall fall. 11 Say to the ones plastering it, that, It shall fall, and there shall be [²rain ¹flooding], and I will appoint [²stones ¹rock throwing] against their chambers, and they shall fall; and [²wind ¹a removing], and it shall be broken asunder. 12 And behold, [³has fallen ¹the ²wall], (and shall they not say to you, Where is your plaster by which you plastered it?) 13 On account of this, Thus says Adonai the lord, that, I will tear forth [²breath ¹a removing] with rage, and [³rain ²a flooding ⁴in ⁵my anger ¹there will be], and the stones for rock throwing in rage I will bring unto completion. 14 And I will raze the wall which you plastered, and it shall fall. And I will put it upon the ground, and [²shall be uncovered ¹its foundations], and it shall fall. And you shall be exhausted with reproofs; and you shall realize that I am the lord. 15 And I will exhaust my rage against the wall, and upon the ones plastering it, and it shall fall. And I said to you, [³is not ¹The ²wall], nor the ones plastering it -- 16 the prophets of Israel, the ones prophesying against Jerusalem, and the ones seeing her peace, and there is no peace, says Adonai the lord.

The LORD is against the False Prophetesses

17 And you, O son of man, firmly fix your face against the daughters of your people! the ones prophesying from their own heart. And you prophesy against them! 18 And you shall say, Thus says Adonai the lord; Woe to the ones sewing together pillows under every elbow of the hand, and making coverings for every head of every stature to pervert souls. The souls are perverted of my people, and [²souls ¹they protected]. 19 And they profaned me before my people for a handful of barley, and for pieces of bread loaves, to kill the souls who must not die, and to protect souls who must not live, in you declaring to a people listening to vain maxims. 20 On account of this, Thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I am against your pillows upon which you [³there ¹confederate ²souls]; and I will tear them from your arms, and I will send out the souls, the ones whom you distorted their souls for dispersing. 21 And I will tear up your coverings, and I will rescue my people from out of your hand, and no longer will they be in your hands for a confederacy; and you shall realize that I am the lord. 22 Because you pervert the heart of the just wrongfully, for I did not pervert him; and you strengthened the hands of the lawless one altogether, to not turn him from [³way ¹his ²evil], so as to enliven him. 23 Because of this, [³false visions ¹in no way ²shall you see], and [³divinations ¹in no way ²shall you divine] still. And I will rescue my people from out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the lord.