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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 13 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Ezekiel 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/12.htm" title="Ezekiel 12">◄</a> Ezekiel 13 <a href="../ezekiel/14.htm" title="Ezekiel 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/ezekiel/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">False Prophets Condemned</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: ‘Hear the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span>! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: Woe to the foolish <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or wicked">a</a></sup></span> prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the <span class="name">Lord</span> has not sent them, they say, “The <span class="name">Lord</span> declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The <span class="name">Lord</span> declares,” though I have not spoken?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the city">b</a></sup></span> falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, “The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.” ’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies, when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>.’ ”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>wicked</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the city</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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