Discovery BoxEzekiel 21:29 
Context21:29 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
Context22:28 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
Context40:2 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.
