Ezekiel 13
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ezekiel 13:17-23

17“Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are 1prophesying 2from their own 3inspiration. Prophesy against them 18and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on 4all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to 5hunt down 6lives! Will you hunt down the 7lives of My people, but preserve the 8lives of others for yourselves? 199For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death 10some who should not die and to 11keep 12others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

20Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt 13lives there as 14birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let 15them go, even those 16lives whom you hunt as 17birds. 21I will also tear off your veils and 18deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am the Lord. 22Because you 19disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have 2021encouraged the wicked not to 22turn from his wicked way and preserve his life, 23therefore, you women will no longer see 2324false visions or practice divination, and I will 25deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will 26know that I am the Lord.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 13:17 Judg 4:4; 2 Kin 22:14; Luke 2:36; Acts 21:9 ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 13:17 Ezek 13:2; Rev 2:20 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 13:17 Lit heart ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 13:18 Lit all joints of the hand; M.T. reads of my hands ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 13:18 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 13:18 Or souls ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 13:18 Or souls ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 13:18 Or souls ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 13:19 Prov 28:21; Mic 3:5 ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 13:19 Or souls ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 13:19 Jer 23:14, 17 ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 13:19 Or souls ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 13:20 Lit souls ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 13:20 Lit souls ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 13:20 Lit souls ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 13:21 Ps 91:3; 124:7 ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 13:22 Amos 5:12 ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 13:22 Lit strengthen the hands of ↩
  21. 21. Ezekiel 13:22 Jer 23:14; 34:16, 22 ↩
  22. 22. Ezekiel 13:22 Ezek 18:21, 27, 30-32; 33:14-16 ↩
  23. 23. Ezekiel 13:23 Lit vanity ↩
  24. 24. Ezekiel 13:23 Ezek 12:24; 13:6; Mic 3:6; Zech 13:3 ↩
  25. 25. Ezekiel 13:23 Ezek 13:21; 34:10 ↩
  26. 26. Ezekiel 13:23 Ezek 13:9, 21 ↩

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