Ezekiel 13
False Prophets
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, prophesy against the prophets
of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of
their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their
own spirit, and have seen nothing!
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O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes
in the deserts.
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Ye have not gone up into the gaps,
neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the
battle in the day of the LORD.
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They have seen vanity and lying
divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the
LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
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Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have
ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not
spoken?
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies,
therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
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And mine hand shall be upon the prophets
that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the
assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing
of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of
Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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Because, even because they have seduced
my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; Jer.
6.14 ; 8.11 and
one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
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say unto them which daub it with
untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an
overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a
stormy wind shall rend it.
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Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not
be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have
daubed it?
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in
my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and
great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
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So will I break down the wall that ye
have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the
ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it
shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye
shall know that I am the LORD.
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Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the
wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
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to wit, the prophets of Israel
which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace
for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
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Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face
against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own
heart; and prophesy thou against them,
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and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all
armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the
souls alive that come unto you?
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And will ye pollute me among my people
for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls
that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not
live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows,
wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I
will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
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Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and
deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in
your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
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Because with lies ye have made the heart
of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the
hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way,
by promising him life;
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therefore ye shall see no more vanity,
nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your
hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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