Ezekiel 13:3

3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish[a] prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

Ezekiel 13:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
ESV
3 Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
NLT
3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!’
MSG
3 God, the Master, pronounces doom on the empty-headed prophets who do their own thing and know nothing of what's going on!
CSB
3 This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.

Ezekiel 13:3 In-Context

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 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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Lamentations 2:14; Hosea 9:7
  • 2. S Jeremiah 23:25-32

Footnotes 1

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