Ezekiel 13:1–16

Condemnation of False Prophets

13 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ⌊saying⌋,a 2 “Son of man,b prophesy toc the prophets of Israel ⌊who are prophesying⌋,d and you must say to those who are prophets out of their own ⌊imagination⌋,e ‘Hear the word of Yahweh!’ 3 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Alas, for the foolish prophets who are going after their own spirit, ⌊and they did not see anything⌋!f 4 Your prophets have been like foxesg among ruins. 5 You did not go up intoh the breaches and repair a wall for the house of Israel to stand firm in the battle on the day of Yahweh. 6 They saw falseness and ⌊a lying divination⌋,i the ones saying, ‘Declaration of Yahweh!’ and Yahweh did not send them, and they wait ⌊for the confirmation of their word⌋.j 7 Have you not seen ⌊a false vision⌋k and spoken a ⌊lying divination⌋,l and you said, ‘Declaration of Yahweh!’ but ⌊I myself did not speak⌋.m 8 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because of your speaking falseness and because you envisioned a lie, therefore, look! I am against you!” ⌊declares⌋n the Lord Yahweh. 9 “And it will be my hand against the prophets who are seeing falseness and who are practicing lying divination. They will not be in the council of my people, and they will not be written down in the record book of the house of Israel, and intoo the land of Israel they will not come, and then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh. 10 Because, yes, because they led my people astray, ⌊saying⌋p ‘Peace!’ And there is not peace. And when anyoneq builds a flimsy wall, look, they coat it with whitewash. 11 Say to those covering it with whitewash that it will fall; there will be ⌊a torrent of rain⌋,r and I will give stones of hail; they will fall! s And a ⌊windstorm⌋t will burst forth! 12 And look! When the wall falls, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ 13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘And so I will let burst forth a ⌊windstorm⌋u in my rage, and ⌊there will be a torrent of rain⌋v in my anger, and hailstones in my rage ⌊for complete destruction⌋.w 14 And I will break down the wall that you covered with whitewash, and I will knock it to the ground, and its foundation will be revealed, and it will fall, and you will come to an end in the midst of it, and you will know that I am Yahweh! 15 And I will fully vent my rage against the wall and against those covering it with whitewash, and I will say to you, “⌊The wall is no more⌋,x and ⌊the people covering it are no more⌋,y 16 that is, the prophets of Israel, the ones prophesying concerning Jerusalem and the ones seeing visions of peace, and there is not peace!’ ” ” ⌊declares⌋z the Lord Yahweh.