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Ezekiel 13:3

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13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

Ezekiel 13:18

Context
13:18 and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands 1  on all their wrists 2  and make headbands 3  for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! 4  Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

1 sn The wristbands mentioned here probably represented magic bands or charms. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:413.

2 tn Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.

3 tn The Hebrew term occurs in the Bible only here and in v. 21. It has also been understood as a veil or type of head covering. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:414) suggests that given the context of magical devices, the expected parallel to the magical arm bands, and the meaning of this Hebrew root (סָפַח [safakh, “to attach” or “join”]), it may refer to headbands or necklaces on which magical amulets were worn.

4 tn Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19).



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