Ezekiel 13:1-11

False Prophets Condemned

1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: ‘Hear the word of the LORD!
3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish[a] prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
4 Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.
5 You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the LORD.
6 Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the LORD has not sent them, they say, “The LORD declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words.
7 Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The LORD declares,” though I have not spoken?
8 “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
10 “ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,
11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth.

Cross References 21

  • 1. S Isaiah 9:15
  • 2. Jeremiah 28:15
  • 3. ver 17; S Jeremiah 23:16; S Jeremiah 37:19; Ezekiel 22:28
  • 4. S Lamentations 2:14; Hosea 9:7
  • 5. S Jeremiah 23:25-32
  • 6. Isaiah 58:12; Ezekiel 22:30
  • 7. S Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 30:3
  • 8. S Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 23:16
  • 9. S Jeremiah 14:14
  • 10. S Jeremiah 28:15; S Jeremiah 29:9; Ezekiel 12:24-25; Ezekiel 22:28
  • 11. S Isaiah 30:10
  • 12. S Jeremiah 21:13
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 13:3
  • 14. S Exodus 32:32; S Jeremiah 17:13
  • 15. S Exodus 6:2; Jeremiah 20:3-6; Ezekiel 20:38
  • 16. S Jeremiah 23:13; S Jeremiah 50:6
  • 17. S Jeremiah 4:10
  • 18. S Ezekiel 7:25; Ezekiel 22:28
  • 19. S Joshua 10:11
  • 20. S Job 38:23
  • 21. Psalms 11:6; Ezekiel 38:22

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