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Ezekiel 13:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,
And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:
The Lord said:
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:
The word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me.
The Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayege:
The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayege:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the worde of the Lord came vnto mee, saying;
And the worde of the Lord came vnto mee, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:
The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
Then this message came to me from the Lord :
Then this message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:
The word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
THE MESSAGE
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, preach against the prophets of Israel who are making things up out of their own heads and calling it ‘prophesying.' "Preach to them the real thing. Tell them, ‘Listen to God's Message!' God , the Master, pronounces doom on the empty-headed prophets who do their own thing and know nothing of what's going on! Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals scavenging through the ruins. They haven't lifted a finger to repair the defenses of the city and have risked nothing to help Israel stand on God 's Day of Judgment. All they do is fantasize comforting illusions and preach lying sermons. They say ‘ God says...' when God hasn't so much as breathed in their direction. And yet they stand around thinking that something they said is going to happen. "Haven't you fantasized sheer nonsense? Aren't your sermons tissues of lies, saying ‘ God says...' when I've done nothing of the kind? Therefore—and this is the Message of God , the Master, remember—I'm dead set against prophets who substitute illusions for visions and use sermons to tell lies. I'm going to ban them from the council of my people, remove them from membership in Israel, and outlaw them from the land of Israel. Then you'll realize that I am God , the Master. "The fact is that they've lied to my people. They've said, ‘No problem; everything's just fine,' when things are not at all fine. When people build a wall, they're right behind them slapping on whitewash. Tell those who are slapping on the whitewash, ‘When a torrent of rain comes and the hailstones crash down and the hurricane sweeps in and the wall collapses, what's the good of the whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?' "And that's exactly what will happen. I, God , the Master, say so: ‘I'll let the hurricane of my wrath loose, a torrent of my hailstone-anger. I'll make that wall you've slapped with whitewash collapse. I'll level it to the ground so that only the foundation stones will be left. And in the ruin you'll all die. You'll realize then that I am God . "‘I'll dump my wrath on that wall, all of it, and on those who plastered it with whitewash. I will say to them, There is no wall, and those who did such a good job of whitewashing it wasted their time, those prophets of Israel who preached to Jerusalem and announced all their visions telling us things were just fine when they weren't at all fine. Decree of God , the Master.' "And the women prophets—son of man, take your stand against the women prophets who make up stuff out of their own minds. Oppose them. Say ‘Doom' to the women who sew magic bracelets and head scarves to suit every taste, devices to trap souls. Say, ‘Will you kill the souls of my people, use living souls to make yourselves rich and popular? You have profaned me among my people just to get ahead yourselves, used me to make yourselves look good—killing souls who should never have died and coddling souls who shouldn't live. You've lied to people who love listening to lies.' "Therefore God says, ‘I am against all the devices and techniques you use to hunt down souls. I'll rip them out of your hands. I'll free the souls you're trying to catch. I'll rip your magic bracelets and scarves to shreds and deliver my people from your influence so they'll no longer be victimized by you. That's how you'll come to realize that I am God . "‘Because you've confounded and confused good people, unsuspecting and innocent people, with your lies, and because you've made it easy for others to persist in evil so that it wouldn't even dawn on them to turn to me so I could save them, as of now you're finished. No more delusion-mongering from you, no more sermonic lies. I'm going to rescue my people from your clutches. And you'll realize that I am God .'"
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, preach against the prophets of Israel who are making things up out of their own heads and calling it ‘prophesying.' "Preach to them the real thing. Tell them, ‘Listen to God's Message!' God , the Master, pronounces doom on the empty-headed prophets who do their own thing and know nothing of what's going on! Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals scavenging through the ruins. They haven't lifted a finger to repair the defenses of the city and have risked nothing to help Israel stand on God 's Day of Judgment. All they do is fantasize comforting illusions and preach lying sermons. They say ‘ God says...' when God hasn't so much as breathed in their direction. And yet they stand around thinking that something they said is going to happen. "Haven't you fantasized sheer nonsense? Aren't your sermons tissues of lies, saying ‘ God says...' when I've done nothing of the kind? Therefore—and this is the Message of God , the Master, remember—I'm dead set against prophets who substitute illusions for visions and use sermons to tell lies. I'm going to ban them from the council of my people, remove them from membership in Israel, and outlaw them from the land of Israel. Then you'll realize that I am God , the Master. "The fact is that they've lied to my people. They've said, ‘No problem; everything's just fine,' when things are not at all fine. When people build a wall, they're right behind them slapping on whitewash. Tell those who are slapping on the whitewash, ‘When a torrent of rain comes and the hailstones crash down and the hurricane sweeps in and the wall collapses, what's the good of the whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?' "And that's exactly what will happen. I, God , the Master, say so: ‘I'll let the hurricane of my wrath loose, a torrent of my hailstone-anger. I'll make that wall you've slapped with whitewash collapse. I'll level it to the ground so that only the foundation stones will be left. And in the ruin you'll all die. You'll realize then that I am God . "‘I'll dump my wrath on that wall, all of it, and on those who plastered it with whitewash. I will say to them, There is no wall, and those who did such a good job of whitewashing it wasted their time, those prophets of Israel who preached to Jerusalem and announced all their visions telling us things were just fine when they weren't at all fine. Decree of God , the Master.' "And the women prophets—son of man, take your stand against the women prophets who make up stuff out of their own minds. Oppose them. Say ‘Doom' to the women who sew magic bracelets and head scarves to suit every taste, devices to trap souls. Say, ‘Will you kill the souls of my people, use living souls to make yourselves rich and popular? You have profaned me among my people just to get ahead yourselves, used me to make yourselves look good—killing souls who should never have died and coddling souls who shouldn't live. You've lied to people who love listening to lies.' "Therefore God says, ‘I am against all the devices and techniques you use to hunt down souls. I'll rip them out of your hands. I'll free the souls you're trying to catch. I'll rip your magic bracelets and scarves to shreds and deliver my people from your influence so they'll no longer be victimized by you. That's how you'll come to realize that I am God . "‘Because you've confounded and confused good people, unsuspecting and innocent people, with your lies, and because you've made it easy for others to persist in evil so that it wouldn't even dawn on them to turn to me so I could save them, as of now you're finished. No more delusion-mongering from you, no more sermonic lies. I'm going to rescue my people from your clutches. And you'll realize that I am God .'"
Contextual Overview
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord; 3 This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places. 5 You have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord. 6 They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect. 7 Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing? 8 So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord. 9 And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:10 - all the prophets Isaiah 9:15 - the prophet
Cross-References
Genesis 13:9
Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.
And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.
Genesis 21:33
And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
Joshua 10:40
So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
Joshua 18:5
And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.
And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.
1 Samuel 27:10
And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.
And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.
2 Samuel 24:7
And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.
And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Giving orders to prophesy against the false prophets and prophetesses, which were either in the land of Israel, of whom the prophet had notice; or rather who were among the captives in Babylon, where Ezekiel now was.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The identity of phrases and ideas of this chapter with Jeremiah 23:0 leads to the conclusion that Ezekiel took up a well-known prophecy to enforce and apply it to his companions in exile. They probably had read Jeremiah’s words as referring to others than themselves.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XIII
This chapter denounces heavy judgments against the lying
prophets who flattered the people, in the midst of their sin
and danger, with false hopes of peace and security, 1-9.
The work of these deceivers is beautifully compared to a frail
and insolent piece of building, which can never stand against
the battering elements of heaven, (the Chaldean forces,) which
God will commission against it, 10-16.
In the remaining part of the chapter woes are denounced against
false prophetesses who practiced vain rites and divinations,
with the view of promoting their own gain by deceiving the
people, 17-23.
NOTES ON CHAP. XIII
