13:1 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, and thou shalt
prophesy, and shalt say to them, Hear ye the word of the Lord:
13:3 Thus saith the Lord, Woe to them that prophesy out of their own heart,
and who see nothing at all.
13:4 Thy prophets, O Israel, are like foxes in the deserts.
13:5 They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks
against the house of Israel, they that say,
13:6 In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false [visions],
prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord saith, and the Lord has not sent
them, and they began [to try] to confirm the word.
13:7 Have ye not seen a false vision? and spoken vain prophecies?
13:8 And therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Because your words are false,
and your prophecies are vain, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the
Lord.
13:9 And I will stretch forth my hand against the prophets that see false
[visions], and those that utter vanities: they shall not partake of the
instruction of my people, neither shall they be written in the roll of the
house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel; and they
shall know that I am the Lord.
13:10 Because they have caused my people to err, saying, Peace; and there is
no peace; and one builds a wall, and they plaster it,-- it shall fall.
13:11 Say to them that plaster [it], It shall fall; and there shall be a
flooding rain; and I will send great stones upon their joinings, and they
shall fall; and there shall be a sweeping wind, and it shall be broken.
13:12 And lo! the wall has fallen; and will they not say to you, Where is
your plaster wherewith ye plastered [it]?
13:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord; I will even cause to burst forth a
sweeping blast with fury, and there shall be a flooding rain in my wrath;
and in [my] fury I will bring on great stones for complete destruction.
13:14 And I will break down the wall which ye have plastered, and it shall
fall; and I will lay it on the ground, and its foundations shall be
discovered, and it shall fall; and ye shall be consumed with rebukes: and ye
shall know that I am the Lord.
13:15 And I will accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that
plaster it; it shall fall: and I said to you, The wall is not, nor they that
plaster it,
13:16 even the prophets of Israel, who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and
who see [visions of] peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord.
13:17 And thou, son of man, set thy face firmly against the daughters of thy
people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy against them.
13:18 And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Woe to the [women] that sew
pillows under every elbow, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature
to pervert souls! The souls of my people are perverted, and they have saved
souls alive.
13:19 And they have dishonoured me before my people for a handful of barley,
and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls which should not die, and to save
alive the souls which should not live, while ye speak to a people hearing
vain speeches.
13:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against your pillows,
whereby ye there confound souls, and I will tear them away from your arms,
and will set at liberty their souls which ye pervert to scatter them.
13:21 And I will tear your Kerchiefs, and will rescue my people out of your
hands, and they shall no longer be in your hands to be confounded; and ye
shall know that I am the Lord.
13:22 Because ye have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I
perverted him not, and [that] in order to strengthen the hands of the
wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live:
13:23 therefore ye shall not see false [visions], and ye shall no more utter
prophecies: but I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know
that I am the Lord. |
13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and
say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word
of the LORD;
13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow
their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
13:4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the
house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and
the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they
would confirm the word.
13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying
divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and
seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that
divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall
they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they
enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and
there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with
untempered morter:
13:11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall
fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones,
shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is
the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
13:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy
wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and
great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered
morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof
shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the
midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have
daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no
more, neither they that daubed it;
13:16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the
Lord GOD.
13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy
people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against
them,
13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to
all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive
that come unto you?
13:19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your
lies?
13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows,
wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them
from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to
make them fly.
13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, 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.
13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I
have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should
not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I
will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD. |