Ezekiel 13:9

13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council¹ of my people, nor be written in the registry² of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 13:19

13:19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people³ who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!

Ezekiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you⁴ –

to place that sword⁵ on the necks of the profane wicked,⁶

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

¹tn The Hebrew term may refer to the secret council of the Lord (Jer 23:18; Job 15:8), but here it more likely refers to a human council comprised of civic leaders (Gen 49:6; Jer 6:11; 15:17 Ps 64:3; 111:1).

²tn 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; Dan 12:1). This registry may have been established at the making of David’s census (2 Sam 24:2, 9).

³tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

⁵tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

⁶tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.