Ezekiel 13
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Ezekiel 13:17-23

17“Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are 1talking like prophets 2from their own 3imagination. Prophesy against them 18and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on 4all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to 5capture souls! Will you capture the souls of My people, but keep the souls of others alive for yourselves? 196For handfuls of barley and pieces of bread, you have profaned Me to My people, to put to death 7some who should not die, and to 8keep 9others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

20Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you capture souls there as 10birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let 11them go, those souls whom you capture as 12birds. 21I will also tear off your veils and 13save My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands as prey; and you will know that I am the Lord. 22Because you 14disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him pain, but you have 1516encouraged the wicked not to 17turn from his wicked way to keep him alive, 23therefore you women will no longer see 18deceitful visions or practice divination, and I will 19save My people from your hands. So you will 20know 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; MT of my hands ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 13:18 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 13:19 Prov 28:21; Mic 3:5 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 13:19 Lit souls ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 13:19 Jer 23:14, 17 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 13:19 Lit souls ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 13:21 Ps 91:3; 124:7 ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 13:22 Amos 5:12 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 13:22 Lit strengthened the hands of ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 13:22 Jer 23:14; 34:16, 22 ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 13:22 Ezek 18:21, 27, 30-32; 33:14-16 ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 13:23 Ezek 12:24; 13:6; Mic 3:6; Zech 13:3 ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 13:23 Ezek 13:21; 34:10 ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 13:23 Ezek 13:9, 21 ↩

Commentaries on Ezekiel 13

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