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They see delusion and their omens are a lie.[a] They say, “The Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them;[b] yet they expect their word to be confirmed.[c] Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “The Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

“‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look,[d] I am against you,[e] declares the Sovereign Lord. My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council[f] of my people, nor be written in the registry[g] of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:6 sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.
  2. Ezekiel 13:6 sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14 and 23:21.
  3. Ezekiel 13:6 tn Or “confirmed”; NIV has “to be fulfilled,” TEV “to come true.”
  4. Ezekiel 13:8 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
  5. Ezekiel 13:8 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘hinnenîêlékâ’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
  6. Ezekiel 13:9 tn 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; Pss 64:3; 111:1).
  7. Ezekiel 13:9 tn 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).