Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 13:1 (show verse)
The word of the Lord came to me:
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 13:2 (show verse)
“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the Lord!
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 13:3 (show verse)
This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
Ezekiel 13:4 (show verse)
Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.
Fox » Figurative » Of unfaithful prophets
Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets
Foxes » Found in deserts
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
False prophets » Compared to foxes in the desert
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets
Foxes » Found in deserts
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
False prophets » Compared to foxes in the desert
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Ezekiel 13:5 (show verse)
You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:6 (show verse)
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘This is the Lord’s declaration,’ when the Lord did not send them, yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
Divination » Practised by » False prophets
Divination » A system of fraud
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Sorcery » Practiced » By false prophets
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Divination » A system of fraud
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Sorcery » Practiced » By false prophets
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Ezekiel 13:7 (show verse)
Didn’t you see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you proclaimed, ‘This is the Lord’s declaration,’ even though I had not spoken?
Ezekiel 13:8 (show verse)
“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against you because you have spoken falsely and had lying visions.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:9 (show verse)
“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not be present in the fellowship of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, and they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 13:10 (show verse)
“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash,
Insecurity of the wicked » General references to
Mortar » Cement or slime
No » Peace for the worldly and wicked
Peace » Social » No peace for the worldly and wicked
Peace » Social » FALSE
False prophets » Prophesied » Peace, when there was no peace
Slime » Cement or slime
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Seducers
Unrest » Folly of » Wicked have no peace
Walls » Of houses » Usually plastered
Walls » Illustrative » (daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
The wicked » Guilt of » Insecurity of
Mortar » Cement or slime
No » Peace for the worldly and wicked
Peace » Social » No peace for the worldly and wicked
Peace » Social » FALSE
False prophets » Prophesied » Peace, when there was no peace
Slime » Cement or slime
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Seducers
Unrest » Folly of » Wicked have no peace
Walls » Of houses » Usually plastered
Walls » Illustrative » (daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
The wicked » Guilt of » Insecurity of
Ezekiel 13:11 (show verse)
therefore, tell those who plaster it that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will be released.
Ezekiel 13:12 (show verse)
Now when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coat of whitewash that you put on it?’
Ezekiel 13:13 (show verse)
“So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.
Ezekiel 13:14 (show verse)
I will tear down the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
Ezekiel 13:15 (show verse)
After I exhaust My wrath against the wall and against those who plaster it with whitewash, I will say to you: The wall is no more and neither are those who plastered it—
Ezekiel 13:16 (show verse)
those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 13:17 (show verse)
“Now, son of man, turn toward the women of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
Ezekiel 13:18 (show verse)
and say: This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every height in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of My people but preserve your own?
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Sewing
Dress » Kerchiefs
Evil » Who strengthens the hands of evildoers
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
Pillow » Figurative » Of false teachers
Temptresses » Eve » strange women
Women » Temptresses » strange women
Women » False prophets
Dress » Kerchiefs
Evil » Who strengthens the hands of evildoers
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
Pillow » Figurative » Of false teachers
Temptresses » Eve » strange women
Women » Temptresses » strange women
Women » False prophets
Ezekiel 13:19 (show verse)
You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.
Ezekiel 13:20 (show verse)
“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against your magic bands that you ensnare people with like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.
Ezekiel 13:21 (show verse)
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
Ezekiel 13:22 (show verse)
Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies, even though I have not caused him grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil way to save his life,
Ezekiel 13:23 (show verse)
therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”