Ezekiel 22:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Her prophetsוּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ
(u·ne·vi·'ei·ha)
5030: a spokesman, speaker, prophetfrom an unused word
have smearedטָח֤וּ
(ta·chu)
2902: to overspread, overlay, coat, besmeara prim. root
whitewashתָּפֵ֔ל
(ta·fel,)
8602b: whitewashfrom an unused word
for them, seeing 
 
2372: see, beholda prim. root
FALSE visionsשָׁ֔וְא
(sha·ve,)
7723: emptiness, vanityfrom an unused word
and diviningוְקֹסְמִ֥ים
(ve·ko·se·mim)
7080: to practice divinationdenominative verb from qesem
liesכָּזָ֑ב
(ka·zav;)
3577: a lie, falsehood, deceptive thingfrom kazab
for them, saying,אֹמְרִ֗ים
(o·me·rim)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
'Thusכֹּ֤ה
(koh)
3541: thus, herea prim. adverb
saysאָמַר֙
(a·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י
(a·do·nai)
136: Lordan emphatic form of adon
GOD,' when the LORDוַֽיהוָ֖ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
has not spoken.דִבֵּֽר׃
(dib·ber.)
1696: to speaka prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And her prophets
nabiy'  (naw-bee')
a prophet or (generally) inspired man -- prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
have daubed
tuwach  (too'-akh)
to smear, especially with lime -- daub, overlay, plaister, smut.
them with untempered
taphel  (taw-fale')
plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity -- foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
morter seeing
chozeh  (kho-zeh')
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval) -- agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer.
vanity
shav'  (shawv)
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) -- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
and divining
qacam  (kaw-sam')
to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine -- divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
lies
kazab  (kaw-zawb')
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) -- deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
unto them saying
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Thus saith
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord
'Adonay  (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
GOD
Yhovih  (yeh-ho-vee')
God.
when the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
hath not spoken
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.

King James Bible
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' when the LORD has not spoken.

International Standard Version
"'Her prophets whitewashed all of these things through false visions and lying divinations. They kept on saying, "This is what the Lord GOD says…", when the LORD has not spoken.

NET Bible
Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says,' when the LORD has not spoken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your prophets cover up these things by seeing false visions and by prophesying lies. They say, "This is what the Almighty LORD says." Yet, the LORD hasn't spoken.

King James 2000 Bible
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken.
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