| Chapter
13 |
| 1 | And
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| 2 | Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that
prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye
the word of the LORD; |
| 3 |
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own
spirit, and have seen nothing! |
| 4
| O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. |
| 5 | Ye have not gone up into the gaps,
neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the
day of the LORD. |
| 6 | They
have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD
hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm
the word. |
| 7 | Have ye not
seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say,
The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? |
| 8 | Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken
vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord
GOD. |
| 9 | And mine hand
shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall
not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the
writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of
Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. |
|
10 | Because, even because they have seduced my
people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and,
lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: |
| 11 | Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter,
that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great
hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. |
| 12 | Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it
not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? |
| 13 | Therefore thus saith the
Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be
an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume
it. |
| 14 | So will I break
down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to
the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall
fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I
am the LORD. |
| 15 | Thus
will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it
with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither
they that daubed it; |
| 16 |
To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which
see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. |
| 17 | Likewise, thou son of
man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of
their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, |
|
18 | And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women
that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every
stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save
the souls alive that come unto you? |
|
19 | And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley
and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your
lies? |
| 20 | Wherefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt
the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let
the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. |
| 21 | Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and
deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to
be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. |
|
22 | Because with lies ye have made the heart of the
righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the
wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him
life: |
| 23 | Therefore ye
shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people
out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. |
