Ezekiel 13:18-23 ▼

18 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you⁺ ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your⁺ own?

19 You⁺ have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you⁺ have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you⁺ ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your⁺ arms. So I will free the souls you⁺ have ensnared like birds.

21 I will also tear off your⁺ veils and deliver My people from your⁺ hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your⁺ hands. Then you⁺ will know that I am the LORD {YHWH}.

22 Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

23 therefore you⁺ will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your⁺ hands. Then you⁺ will know that I am the LORD {YHWH}.”