Ezekiel 13

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto ^athem that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord; ³thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, ^band have seen nothing! ⁴O Israel, thy prophets are ^clike the foxes in the deserts. ⁵Ye have not gone up ^dinto the gaps, neither ^dmade up the hedge for the house of Israel ^dto stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. ^6eThey have seen vanity ^eand lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and ^fthe Lord hath not sent them: and they have ^gmade others to hope that they would confirm the word. ⁷Have ye not seen ^ea vain vision, and have ye not spoken ^ea lying divination, ^hwhereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken? ⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore ⁱbehold, I am against you, saith the Lord God. ⁹And mine hand shall be upon ^ethe prophets that see vanity, ^eand that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither ^kshall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, ^lneither shall they enter into the land of Israel; ^lmand ye shall know that I am the Lord God. ¹⁰ⁿBecause, even because they have seduced my people, ^osaying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others ^pdaubed it with untempered morter: ¹¹say unto them ^pwhich daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be ^qran overflowing shower; and ye, O ^qgreat hailstones, shall fall; and ^sta stormy wind shall rent it. ¹²Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? ¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rent it with ^ta stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be ^qan overflowing shower in mine anger, and ^qgreat hailstones in my fury to consume it. ¹⁴So will I break down the wall that ^pye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: ^mand ye shall know that I am the Lord. ¹⁵Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them ^pthat have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; ¹⁶to wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and ^owhich see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

¹⁷Likewise thou son of man, ^uset thy face against ^vthe daughters of thy people, ^avwhich prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, ¹⁸and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women ^wthat sew pillows to all ^xarmholes, and ^ymake kerchiefs upon the head of every stature ^wto hunt souls! ^zWill ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? ¹⁹And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and ^afor pieces of bread, ^bto 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? ²⁰Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against ^cyour pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. ^21cYour kerchiefs also will I tear, and ^ddeliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; ^eand ye shall know that I am the Lord. ²²Because ^fwith lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and ^gstrengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: ²³therefore ^hye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for ^dI will deliver my people out of your hand: ^eand ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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