Ezekiel 13:2-9 ▼

2 |Son of Man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who even now are prophesying, and tell those prophets that keep on prophesying according to what they wish would happen, 'Listen to what the LORD says.'|

3 |This is what the Lord GOD says, 'How terrible it will be for the false prophets who walk according to their own wrong inclinations and see nothing.

4 Israel, your prophets have become like foxes among ruins.

5 You didn't go up to repair the breaches in the walls and you didn't build the walls so Israel's house would be able to endure battle on the Day of the LORD.

6 Instead, they crafted false prophecies and divination. |'They say, |...declares the LORD,| even though the LORD didn't send them. And they hope for the fulfillment of their message.

7 You've crafted a false prophesy and spoken deceptive divination, haven't you? But then you say, |...declares the LORD,| although I haven't spoken a single word.

8 |'Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, |Because you've spoken falsehood and deceptions, I am therefore opposing you,| declares the Lord GOD.

9 My hand will oppose the prophets who see false visions and speak deceptive divinations. They won't be included with the council of my people, nor will they be entered into the registry of Israel's house or enter Israel's land. Then you'll know that I am the Lord GOD,