Ezekiel:13

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* The word of Jehovah continued to come to me : * »Son of man , prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy , and say to those who prophesy from their own heart : ‘Listen to the word of Jehovah ! * ‘The Lord Jehovah said : »Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing . * ‘»O Israel , your prophets have been like foxes among ruins . * ‘»You have not gone up into the gaps of the wall around the house of Israel . You did not build the wall to stand in the battle on the day of Jehovah .« * »They see falsehood and lying divination . They are saying : ‘Jehovah declares ,’ when Jehovah has not sent them . Yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word . * ‘»Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said ‘Jehovah declares ,’ but it is not I who has spoken ?« ’ * ‘»Therefore , the Lord Jehovah says : ‘»Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie , therefore behold , I am against you ,’ declares the Lord Jehovah .« * ‘»My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations . They will have no place in the council of my people . They will not be written down in the register of the house of Israel . And they will not enter the land of Israel , that you may know that I am the Lord Jehovah . * ‘»It is definitely because they have misled my people by saying , »Peace !« When there is no peace . And when anyone builds a wall they plaster it over with whitewash .’ * »So tell those who plaster it over with whitewash , that it will fall . A flooding rain will come , and you , O hailstones , will fall ; and a violent wind will break out . * »When the wall has fallen , will you not be asked : Where is the plaster with which you plastered it ?’ * »This is what the Lord Jehovah says : ‘In my fury I will cause a storm to break out . In my anger rain will pour down , and hailstones will destroy the wall . * ‘»I will tear down the wall that the prophets covered up with whitewash . I will level it and expose its foundation . When the wall falls , they will be destroyed by it . Then you will know that I am Jehovah .’ * ‘»I will unleash my rage on the wall and on those who covered it up with paint . Then I will say to you : The wall is gone , and so are those who painted it . * ‘»The prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem are gone . Those who said that everything was all right , when it was not all right , are gone , declares the Lord Jehovah . * »Son of man , look at the women among your people who make up prophesies , and prophesy against them . * »Tell them , ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says : »How horrible it will be for women who sew magic charms for people 's wrists and make magic veils of every size for people 's heads . You want to trap people . You want to control the lives of my people for your own profit . * ‘»You dishonor me in front of my people for a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread . You kill people who should not die . You spare the lives of people who should not live . You lie to my people who are willing to listen .« ’ * »This is what the Lord Jehovah says : ‘I am against the magic charms that you use to trap people like birds . I will tear them from your arms and free the people that you have trapped . * ‘»I will tear off your magic veils and rescue my people from your power so that they will no longer be under your control . Then you will know that I am Jehovah . * ‘»You have discouraged righteous people with your lies , even though I had not brought them any grief . You encouraged wicked people not to turn from their wicked ways to save their lives . * ‘»That is why you will no longer see false visions or make predictions . I will rescue my people from your power . Then you will know that I am Jehovah .’«

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