Ezekiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you 1  –

to place that sword 2  on the necks of the profane wicked, 3 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

Ezekiel 22:28

22:28 Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. 4  They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions 5  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, 6  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

1 tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

2 tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.

4 tn Heb “her prophets coat for themselves with whitewash.” The expression may be based on Ezek 13:10-15.

5 tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

6 tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.