Ezekiel 13:17–23

¹⁷“Now as for you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are ^aprophesying ^bfrom their own heart. Prophesy against them

¹⁸and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on ¹all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to ^ahunt down ²souls! Will you hunt down My people’s souls, but preserve your own souls?

¹⁹“^aFor handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death souls who should not die and to ^bkeep other souls alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.” ’ ”

²⁰Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt souls there as ¹birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let their souls go, the very souls whom you hunt as ²birds.

²¹“I will also tear off your veils and ^adeliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am Yahweh.

²²“Because you ^adisheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have ^bstrengthened the hands of the wicked not to ^cturn from his evil way and preserve his life,

²³therefore, you women will no longer see ^aworthless visions or practice divination, and I will ^bdeliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will ^cknow that I am Yahweh.”