Book of Ezekiel_Chapter 13

The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets who prophesy in Israel, and say to those who prophesy in their own hearts, Listen to the word of the Lord.

This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets! They follow their own hearts but see nothing.

O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the wilderness,

I did not go up to block the breach, nor did I repair the walls for the house of Israel, so that they could stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

What these people see is false and lies in divination. They said it was the Lord who said it, but the Lord did not send them. Instead, they made people hope that the word would come to an end.

Have you not seen a false vision? Isn’t it a lie telling divination? You said, ‘This is what the Lord said, but I did not say it.’.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Because what you say is false and what you see is deceit, I am against you. This is what the Lord Jehovah has said.

My hand will attack the prophets who see false visions and use deceit and divination. They will not be listed in the assembly of my people, nor will they be recorded in the book of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. You will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Because they have tempted my people, saying, Peace. In fact, there is no peace, just like someone standing up a wall and wiping it with unfinished plaster.

Therefore say to those who are plastered with unpainted mortar, The wall will fall, and rainstorm will overflow. Hailstones will come down, and a strong wind will shatter this wall.

After the collapse of this wall, will people not ask you, ‘Where are you putting on the unfinished ashes?’?

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will be wroth, and will cause a strong wind to break this wall, and in my anger I will cause a storm of rainstorm to overflow, and in my anger I will send down great hail, and destroy this wall.

I will demolish your walls that have not been soaked in dust, flatten them to the ground, so that the foundations are exposed, and the walls will collapse, and you will perish in them. You will know that I am the Lord.

I will do what I have set in my anger towards the wall and those who use unpasteurized plaster, and I will say to you, the wall and those who plaster it are gone.

These are the prophets of Israel who prophesied about Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for the city, but there was no peace. This is what the Lord Jehovah has said.

Son of man, face the women who prophesy from your own heart among your people and prophesy against them,

Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to these women. They sew pillows on everyone’s arms and make hanging headscarves for people of all heights, in order to hunt for their lives. Do you want to hunt down the lives of my people and save them for your own gain?

You have blasphemed me among my people for two handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread, lying to those who are willing to listen to lies, killing those who do not deserve to die, and saving those who do not deserve to live.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, See, I am against your pillows, which you use to hunt people and make their lives fly like birds. I will pull the pillows off your arms and release those you hunt like birds.

I will also tear apart your hanging headscarves, and deliver my people from your hands, so that they will no longer be hunted and fall into your hands. You will know that I am the Lord.

I will not make the righteous sad, but you will make them sad with lies, and strengthen the hands of the wicked, so that they will not turn back from the evil way and be saved.

You will no longer see false visions or do divination. I will save my people from your hands. You will know that I am the Lord.