Ezequiel 13

¹ And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,

² Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou to them that prophesy out of theirAfter their own fantasy and not as having the revelation of the Lord, (Jer_23:16).own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

³ Thus sayth the Lorde God, Woe vnto the foolish Prophets that followe their owne spirit, and haue seene nothing.

⁴ O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxesWatching to destroy the vineyard.in the deserts.

⁵ He speaks to the governor and true ministers that would have resisted them.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 haue seene vanitie, and lying diuination, saying, The Lord sayth it, and the Lorde hath not sent them: & they haue made others to hope that they would cofirme the word of their prophecie.

⁷ Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, thoughYou promised peace to this people and now you see their destruction, so that it is revealed that you are false prophets.ye say, The LORD saith [it]; although I have not spoken?

⁸ Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, Because ye haue spoken vanytie & haue seene lyes, therefore beholde, I am agaynst you, sayth the Lorde God,

⁹ And my 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 theThat is in the book of life, in which the true Israelites are written.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,{{See Jer_6:14}}Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up aWhile the true prophets prophesied the destruction of the city to bring the people to repentance, the false prophets spoke the contrary, and flattered them in their vanities, so that what one false prophet said (which is here called the building of the wall) another false prophet would affirm, though he had neither opportunity nor good ground to hear him.wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered [mortar]:

¹¹ Say vnto them which daube it with vntempered morter, that it shall fall: for there shall come a great showre, and I wil sende haylestones, which shall cause it to fall, and a stormie winde shall breake it.

¹² Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not bee sayd vnto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye haue daubed it?

¹³ Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, I will cause a stormie winde to breake foorth in my wrath, & a great showre shall bee in mine anger, & hailestones in mine indignation to consume it.

¹⁴ So I wil destroy the wall that ye haue daubed with vntempered morter, and bring it downe to the ground, so that the fundation thereof shalbe discouered, and it shall fal, and ye shalbe consumed in the middes 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 withBy which is meant whatever man of himself sets forth under the authority of God's word.untempered [mortar], and will say to you, The wall [is] no [more], neither they that daubed it;

¹⁶ To wit, the Prophets of Israel, which prophesie vpon Ierusalem, and see visions of peace for it, and there is no peace, sayth the Lord God.

¹⁷ Likewise thou sonne of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesie out of their owne heart: and prophesie thou against them, and say,

¹⁸ And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sewThese superstitious women for money would prophecy and tell every man his fortune giving them pillows to lean on, and kerchiefs to cover their heads, to the intent they might the more allure them and bewitch them.[magic] charms upon all wrists, 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] to you?

¹⁹ And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls ofWill you make my word serve your bellies?barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, andThese sorcerers made the people believe that they could preserve life or destroy it and that it would come to everyone according as they prophesied.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 [magic] charms, with which ye there hunt theThat is, to cause them to perish, and that they should depart from the body.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 vailes also will I teare, and deliuer my people out of your hande, and they shalbe no more in your hands to be hunted, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

²² Because with lies ye have made the heart of theBy threatening them that were godly, and upholding the wicked.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 shal see no more vanitie, nor diuine diuinatios: for I wil deliuer my people out of your hand, & ye shall know that I am ye Lord.