Verse 20
Ezekiel 13:20
World English Bible, British Edition
20
“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against your magic
bands, with which you hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms. I will let
the souls fly free, even the souls whom you ensnare like birds.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵ֞ן כֹּה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְ/נִ֤י אֶל כִּסְּתוֹתֵי/כֶ֨נָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַ֠תֵּנָה מְצֹדְד֨וֹת שָׁ֤ם אֶת הַ/נְּפָשׁוֹת֙ לְ/פֹ֣רְח֔וֹת וְ/קָרַעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔/ם מֵ/עַ֖ל זְרוֹעֹֽתֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ אֶת הַ/נְּפָשׁ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם מְצֹדְד֥וֹת אֶת נְפָשִׁ֖ים לְ/פֹרְחֹֽת
English Translation
Therefore, thus says my Lord YHWH: Behold, I am against your thrones that you set there to catch souls for the slaughter, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will send away the souls that you catch to slaughter.
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Chapter 13 Context
1
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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2
“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and
say to those who prophesy out...
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3
The Lord GOD says, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own
spirit, and have seen nothing!
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4
Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
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5
You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house
of Israel, to stand in the bat...
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6
They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘The LORD says;’
but the LORD has not sent t...
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7
Haven’t you seen a false vision, and haven’t you spoken a lying divination,
in that you say, ‘The LO...
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8
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have spoken falsehood
and seen lies, therefore, behold,...
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9
“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who utter
lying divinations. They wi...
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10
“‘Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,
“Peace;” and there is no peace. When on...
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11
Tell those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will
be an overflowing shower; and...
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12
Behold, when the wall has fallen, won’t it be said to you, “Where is
the plaster with which you have...
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13
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I will even tear it with a stormy
wind in my wrath. There will be an...
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14
So I will break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash,
and bring it down to the groun...
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15
Thus I will accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have
plastered it with whitewash. I wi...
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16
to wit, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and
who see visions of peace for h...
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17
You, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your
people, who prophesy out of their own h...
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18
and say, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the women who sew magic bands
on all elbows and make veils for...
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19
You have profaned me amongst my people for handfuls of barley and for
pieces of bread, to kill the s...
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20
“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against your magic
bands, with which you hunt the souls...
21
I will also tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand;
and they will no longer be in yo...
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22
Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom
I have not made sad; and strengt...
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Therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practise divination.
I will deliver my people out...
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