Yehezkiel 13:6-7

13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. ¹  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; ²  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. ³  13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

Yehezkiel 13:9

13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council ⁴  of my people, nor be written in the registry ⁵  of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 13:23

13:23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you ⁶  will know that I am the Lord.’”

[13:6]  ¹ sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

[13:6]  ² sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

[13:6]  ³ tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term may refer to the secret council of the Lord (Jer 23:18; Job 15:8), but here it more likely refers to a human council comprised of civic leaders (Gen 49:6; Jer 6:11; 15:17 Ps 64:3; 111:1).

[13:9]  ⁵ tn The reference here is probably to a civil list (as in Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:64) rather than to a “book of life” (Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Ps 69:29; Dan 12:1). This registry may have been established at the making of David’s census (2 Sam 24:2, 9).

[13:23]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb is feminine plural, indicating that it is the false prophetesses who are addressed here.