Ezekiel 13:6-7
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
13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?
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 4 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 tn The Hebrew verb is feminine plural, indicating that it is the false prophetesses who are addressed here.