Ezekiel:13

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* And the word of the Lord came unto me , saying , * Son of man , prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy , and say thou unto those that prophesy out of their own heart , Hear ye the word of the Lord : * Thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Woe unto the scandalous prophets , that follow their own spirit , without having seen any thing ! * Like foxes among the ruins have been thy prophets , O Israel ! * Ye did not go up into the breaches , nor did ye make a fence around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord . * They saw falsehood and lying divination , they who say , "The Lord saith ," when the Lord had not sent them ; and yet they made others hope for the fulfillment of the word . * Had ye not seen a false vision , and had ye not said a lying divination ? and ye say , "The Lord saith ," when I have not spoken . * Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Whereas ye have spoken falsehood , and have seen lies : therefore , behold , I am against you , saith the Lord Eternal . * And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false –hood , and that divine lies ; in the secret council of my people shall they not be , and in the register of the house of Israel shall they not be written , and into the land of Israel shall they not come : and ye shall know that I am the Lord Eternal . * Because , even because they have seduced my people , saying , "Peace ," when there was no peace : and build a protecting wall , and lo , they plaster it with unadhesive mortar . * Say unto those who plaster it with unadhesive mortar , that it shall fall : there cometh an overflowing rain –shower ; and ye , O great hailstones , shall fall ; and a storm –wind shall rend it . * And , lo , the wall is fallen down ; will it not now be said unto you , Where is the plastering wherewith ye have plastered ? * Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal , I will even rend it with storm –winds in my fury ; and an overflowing rain –shower shall come in my anger , with great hailstones in my fury to destroy it . * And I will pull down the wall that ye have plastered with unadhesive mortar , and I will cast it down to the ground , so that the foundation thereof shall be laid open ; and it shall fall , and ye shall be destroyed in the midst of it : and ye shall know that I am the Lord . * Thus will I let out all my wrath upon the wall , and upon those that have plastered it with unadhesive mortar ; and I will say unto you , Gone is the wall , and gone are they that plastered it ; * the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem , and who see for her a vision of peace , when there is no peace , saith the Lord Eternal . * But , thou son of man , set thy face against the daughters of thy people , who prophesy out of their own heart : and prophesy against them , * And say , Thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Woe to the women that sew bolsters together for the armpits of all , and make cushions for the head of every stature , to hunt souls ! Will ye hunt the souls of my people , that ye may keep your own soul alive ? * And ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for bits of bread , to slay the souls that should not die , and to keep alive the souls that should not live , by your lying to my people that listen to lies ! * Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Behold , I am against your bolsters , whereon ye hunt the souls that they may flutter , and I will tear them away from your arms ; and I will let the souls go free , even the souls that ye hunt that they may flutter * And I will tear away your cushions , and deliver my people out of your hand , and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted : and ye shall know that I am the Lord . * Because ye grieve the heart of the righteous with falsehood , when I have not given him pain ; and strengthen the hands of the wicked , so that he should not return from his wicked way , through which he might live . * Therefore shall ye see no more falsehood , and tell no more divinations ; and I will deliver my people out of your hand : and ye shall know that I am the Lord .

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