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 17:6-7

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ⁴ 

its branches turning toward him, ⁵  its roots were under itself. ⁶ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

17:7 “‘There was another great eagle ⁷ 

with broad wings and thick plumage.

Now this vine twisted its roots toward him

and sent its branches toward him

to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

Ezekiel 39:28

39:28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile ⁸  any longer.

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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 Heb “short of stature.”

⁵ tn That is, the eagle.

⁶ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.

⁷ sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.

⁸ tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.