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Text -- Ezekiel 13:1-17 (NET)
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False Prophets Denounced
13:1 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
13:2 “Son of man , prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying . Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination : ‘Hear the word of the Lord !
13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says : Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing !
13:4 Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins , O Israel .
13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord .
13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie . They say , “the Lord declares ,” though the Lord has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed .
13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say , “the Lord declares ,” although I myself never spoke ?
13:8 “‘Therefore , this is what the sovereign Lord says : Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion , look , I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord .
13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens . They will not be included in the council of my people , nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel , nor enter the land of Israel . Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord .
13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying , “All is well ,” when things are not well . When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash .
13:11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall . When there is a deluge of rain , hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out .
13:12 When the wall has collapsed , people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”
13:13 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says : In my rage I will make a violent wind break out . In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury .
13:14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed . When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the Lord .
13:15 I will vent my rage against the wall , and against those who coated it with whitewash . Then I will say to you, “The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more –
13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace ,” declares the sovereign Lord .’
13:17 “As for you , son of man , turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination . Prophesy against them
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
HABOR |
Hypocrisy |
Minister |
REVELATION, 3-4 |
MICAIAH |
Mortar |
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS |
UNTEMPERED |
Sorcery |
Fox |
VINE |
Confidence |
GAP |
TONGUES, GIFT OF |
Archaeology |
Hedge |
Prophetesses |
Women |
Prophecy |
Lukewarmness |
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NET Notes: Eze 13:2 Who prophesy from their imagination. Note the testimony of Moses in Num 16:28, which contains a similar expression.
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NET Notes: Eze 13:8 Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Bl...
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NET Notes: Eze 13:9 The reference here is probably to a civil list (as in Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:64) rather than to a “book of life” (Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Ps 69:29;...
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NET Notes: Eze 13:10 The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202-3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough sto...
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NET Notes: Eze 13:11 A violent wind will break out. God’s judgments are frequently described in storm imagery (Pss 18:7-15; 77:17-18; 83:15; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Jer 23...
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NET Notes: Eze 13:16 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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