Text -- Ezekiel 13:20-23 (NET)

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds. 13:21 I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power; they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life. 13:23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 13:20

¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

² tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

NET Notes: Eze 13:21

¹ tn Heb “from your hand(s).” This refers to their power over the people.

NET Notes: Eze 13:23

¹ tn The Hebrew verb is feminine plural, indicating that it is the false prophetesses who are addressed here.