Chapter 13.
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 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.
Thus saith the Lord God, Woe unto the foolish prophets that follow their own
spirit, and have seen nothing.
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
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.
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.
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.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Because ye have spoken vanity,
and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
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.
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 mortar.
Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall.
There shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall,
and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing
wherewith ye have daubed it?
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.
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar,
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.
Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it
with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they
that daubed it.
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.
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,
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 statue to hunt souls.
Will ye hunt the souls of my people?
And will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
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?
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.
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, 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.
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.