Ezekiel 13:17–23

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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