Ezekiel
Chapter 13
1``
And the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God came unto me, saying, 2``
"Son
of man,
prophesy
against the prophets of Israel who prophesy {falsely},
and
say you unto those who prophesy
out
of their own hearts/'right lobes',
{human viewpoint teaching instead of divine viewpoint anchored in
the Word}
Hear
you the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God . . . 3``
thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah . . .
woe
unto the foolish prophets,
who
follow their own spirit,
and
have seen nothing! 4
O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5
You
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 Jehovah/God. 6
They
have seen vanity and lying divination, saying,
'Jehovah/God
said . . .'
and
Jehovah/God has not sent them.
And
they have made others to hope
that
they would confirm the word. 7
Have
you not seen a vain vision,
and
have you not spoken a lying divination,
whereas
you say,
'Jehovah/God
said it . . .
although
I have not spoken . . . 8``
therefore
thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah . . .
because
you have spoken vanity,
and
'seen' lies,
therefore,
behold, I am against you,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
9
"And My hand shall be upon the prophets who 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
you shall know that I am the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah. 10
Because
. . . even because . . .
they
have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace' . . .
and
there was no peace.
And
one built up a wall, and, lo,
others
daubed it with untempered mortar. 11
Say
unto them who daub it with untempered mortar,
that
it shall fall.
There
shall be an overflowing shower
and
you, O great hailstones, shall fall
and
a stormy wind shall rend it. 12
Lo,
when the wall is fallen,
shall
it not be said unto you,
'Where
is the daubing wherewith you have daubed it?' "
13
Therefore thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"I
will even rend it with a stormy wind in My fury;
and
there shall be an overflowing shower in My anger,
and
great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14``
So
will I break down the wall
that
you 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
you shall be consumed in the midst thereof . . .
and
you shall know that I am Jehovah/God. 15
Thus
will I accomplish My wrath upon the wall,
and
upon those who have daubed it with untempered mortar,
and
will say unto you,
'The
wall is no more, neither those who daubed it.' 16``
To
wit, the prophets of Israel
who
{falsely} prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and
who see visions of peace for her . . .
and
there is no peace,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
17
"Likewise, you son of man,
set
your face against the daughters of your people,
who
prophesy out of their own heart/'right lobe' . . .
and
prophesy you against them, 18``
and
say . . . thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah . . .
woe
to the women who sew pillows to all armholes,
and
make kerchiefs upon the head
of
every stature to hunt souls!
Will
you hunt the souls of My people,
and
will you save the souls alive that come unto you? 19
And
will you 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 . . .
who
'hear, listen and obey' {shama`} your lies?"
20``
Therefore thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"Behold,
I am against your pillows,
wherewith
you 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 you hunt to make them fly. 21
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
you shall know that I am Jehovah/God. 22
Because
with lies you 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. 23
Therefore
you shall 'see' no more emptiness/vanity,
nor
divine divinations . . .
for
I will deliver My people out of your hand
and
you shall know that I am Jehovah/God."
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