Ezekiel 13:3
13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!
Ezekiel 13:6
13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. 1 They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; 2 yet they expect their word to be confirmed. 3
Ezekiel 13:16
13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem 4 and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 13:23
13:23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you 5 will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.
2 sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.
3 tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn The Hebrew verb is feminine plural, indicating that it is the false prophetesses who are addressed here.