Ezekiel 13:2-6
13:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: 1 ‘Hear the word of the Lord!
13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!
13:4 Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.
13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.
13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. 2 They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; 3 yet they expect their word to be confirmed. 4
Ezekiel 13:22
13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.
1 tn Heb “from their mind.”
sn Who prophesy from their imagination. Note the testimony of Moses in Num 16:28, which contains a similar expression.
2 sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.
3 sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.
4 tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”