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Version 0.35.76, 26 August 2024

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Ezekiel Chapter 13

1And the word of the Lord came to me and said, 2“Son of Adam, prophesy to the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own heart, ‘Hear the word of the Lord. 3This is what my Lord the Lord says: «Woe to impious prophets, who walk after their own spirit and according to things which they have not seen. 4It is like foxes in wastelands that your prophets are, O Israel. 5You have not gone up to the breaches, nor have you made a fence around the house of Israel so as to stand in battle on the day of the Lord. 6They have seen visions of what is false, and of deceitful divination, those who say, ‹The Lord says›, when the Lord did not send them, but men expect a matter to be fulfilled. 7Have you not seen a false vision and spoken deceitful divination and been saying, ‹The Lord says›, when I have not spoken?» 8Therefore this is what my Lord the Lord says: «Since you have spoken falsely and have seen visions deceitfully, I for my part am against you, says the Lord, the Lord. 9And my hand will be against the prophets who see false visions, and those who divine deceitfully. They will not be in the secret council of my people, and they will not be written in the record of the house of Israel, and they will not enter the territory of Israel, and you will know that I am the Lord, the Lord, 10for the very reason that they have caused my people to stray, by saying, ‹Peace›, when there is no peace, and when someone builds a partition-strength wall, you see them plastering it with lime. 11Say to those who plaster it with lime that it will fall. There will be overwhelming rain, and gigantic hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will tear it apart. 12And look, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, ‹Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?› » 13Therefore this is what my Lord the Lord says: «So I will tear it apart with a stormy wind in my fury, and there will be overwhelming rain in my anger, and gigantic hailstones in fury for its destruction. 14And I will demolish the wall which you have plastered with lime, and I will raze it to the ground, and its foundation will be exposed, and the city will fall, and you will come to an end inside it, and you will know that I am the Lord. 15And I will expend my fury on the wall, and on those who have plastered it with lime, and I will say to you, ‹The wall no longer exists, nor do those who plastered it – 16the prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem, and those who had a vision of peace for it, but there was no peace, says the Lord, the Lord.› » ’ 17And you, son of Adam, take a firm stand with the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their own hearts, and prophesy against them, 18and say, ‘This is what my Lord the Lord says: «Woe to those who sew coverings on all the joints of my hands, and who make screens over the heads of every tall figure so as to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the people of my nation, and preserve yourselves alive? 19And you have profaned me in relation to my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting people to death who should not die, and preserving people alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who hear the lying, 20which is why this is what my Lord the Lord says: ‹I am here against your coverings where you ensnare the people rabidly, and I will tear them off your arms, and I will let the people go – people whom you hunt rabidly. 21And I will tear off your screens, and I will deliver my people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands as a prey, and you will know that I am the Lord, 22because with lying you have caused the heart of the righteous man to despond, but I have not caused him grief. And you have strengthened the hands of the wicked man, so that he does not return from his evil way and preserve his life. 23Therefore you will no longer see false visions, nor will you perform divinations, for I will deliver my people from your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord.› » ’ ”

Reference(s) in Chapter 13: v.5 ↔ Revelation 1:10.

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