Ezekiel 13:3

Translations

Modern

This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Literal

Thus says the Lord YHWH: Woe upon the foolish prophets, who are walking after their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Væ prophetis insipientibus, qui sequuntur spiritum suum, et nihil vident!

Original

Hebrew

English

This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

Notes

Ezekiel 13:1–3

The basic difference between true and false prophets was clear. False prophets made up their own messages. True prophets spoke the word of the Lord.

Now the false prophets would hear a message from the Lord. This message was about their own destruction.

These messengers had been deceived, and they had also deceived others. Great sorrow and judgment were coming upon them.

Ezekiel 12:21–14:11

The messages in this section address the issue of true and false prophecy.

Theme notes and profiles

False Prophets The Gift of Prophecy

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Lamentations 2:14
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
Jeremiah 23:28–32
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
Jeremiah 23:1
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Proverbs 15:14
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Matthew 23:13–29
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Ezekiel 34:2
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
Ezekiel 13:6–7
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
Luke 11:52
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
Luke 11:42–47
Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
1 Corinthians 9:16
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Parallels

Micah 2:6–11

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Divination: Practised by False Prophets Hypocrisy: The False Prophets Prophecy: Guilt of Pretending to the Gift of

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