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Ezekiel 13:1
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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
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Ezekiel 13:2
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"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration,
'Listen to the word of the LORD! |
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Ezekiel 13:3
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the foolish
prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing. |
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Ezekiel 13:4
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"O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes
among ruins. |
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Ezekiel 13:5
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"You have not gone up into the breaches, nor
did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the
day of the LORD. |
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Ezekiel 13:6
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"They see falsehood and lying divination who
are saying, 'The LORD declares,' when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope
for the fulfillment of their word. |
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Ezekiel 13:7
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"Did you not see a false vision and speak a
lying divination when you said, 'The LORD declares,' but it is not I who have
spoken?"'" |
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Ezekiel 13:8
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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Because
you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,"
declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 13:9
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"So My hand will be against the prophets who
see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the
council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house
of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am
the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 13:10
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"It is definitely because they have misled My
people by saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall,
behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; |
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Ezekiel 13:11
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so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash,
that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall;
and a violent wind will break out. |
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Ezekiel 13:12
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"Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you
not be asked, 'Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?'" |
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Ezekiel 13:13
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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make
a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding
rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath. |
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Ezekiel 13:14
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"So I will tear down the wall which you plastered
over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is
laid bare; and when it falls, you will be consumed in its midst. And you will
know that I am the LORD. |
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Ezekiel 13:15
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"Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and
on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, 'The
wall is gone and its plasterers are gone, |
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Ezekiel 13:16
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along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy
to Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,' declares
the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 13:17
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"Now you, son of man, set your face against
the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their own inspiration. Prophesy
against them |
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Ezekiel 13:18
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and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the
women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons
of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people,
but preserve the lives of others for yourselves? |
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Ezekiel 13:19
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"For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread,
you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and
to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen
to lies."'" |
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Ezekiel 13:20
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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold,
I am against your magic bands by which you hunt lives there as birds and I will
tear them from your arms; and I will let them go, even those lives whom you hunt
as birds. |
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Ezekiel 13:21
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"I will also tear off your veils and deliver
My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted;
and you will know that I am the LORD. |
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Ezekiel 13:22
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"Because you disheartened the righteous with
falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to
turn from his wicked way and preserve his life, |
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Ezekiel 13:23
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therefore, you women will no longer see false
visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand.
Thus you will know that I am the LORD." |
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