1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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2“Son of man, prophesy to the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and you shall say to those who prophesy from their own heart: Hear the word of the Lord:

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Ezekiel 13:17, Ezekiel 13:17, Jeremiah 37:19, Jeremiah 37:19, Ezekiel 22:28

3Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, and who see nothing.

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Lamentations 2:14, Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 23:32, Jeremiah 23:28

4Your prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the deserts.

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Revelation 19:20, Revelation 19:20, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Micah 2:11

5You have not gone up against the adversary, and you have not established a wall for the house of Israel, so as to stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

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Ezekiel 22:30, Ezekiel 22:30, Isaiah 58:12, Psalms 106:23, Isaiah 58:12

6They see emptiness, and they foretell falsehoods, saying, ‘The Lord says,’ though the Lord has not sent them. And they continued to affirm what they said.

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Jeremiah 29:8, Ezekiel 22:28, Jeremiah 28:15, Jeremiah 29:8, Ezekiel 22:28

7Have you not seen a futile vision and spoken a lying divination? And yet you say, ‘The Lord says,’ though I have not spoken.

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Matthew 24:23, Matthew 24:24, Ezekiel 13:6, Ezekiel 13:2, Ezekiel 13:3

8Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have spoken emptiness and have seen falsehoods, therefore: behold, I am against you, says the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 5:8, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 5:8, Nahum 2:13

9And my hand will be over the prophets who are seeing emptiness and divining lies. They shall not be in the council of my people, and they shall not be written in the writing of the house of Israel. Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.

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Psalms 69:28, Ezekiel 20:38, Psalms 87:6, Psalms 69:28, Ezekiel 20:38

10For they have deceived my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ and there is no peace. And they have built a wall, but they have covered it in clay without straw.

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Ezekiel 13:16, Ezekiel 22:28, Ezekiel 13:16, Ezekiel 22:28, Jeremiah 8:11

11Say to those who spread mortar without mixing, that it will fall apart. For there will be an inundating rain, and I will cause full-grown hailstones to rush down from above, and a windstorm to dissipate it.

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Ezekiel 38:22, Ezekiel 38:22, Isaiah 28:2, Isaiah 28:2, Isaiah 28:15

12So then, behold: when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you: ‘Where is the mortar with which you covered it?’

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Lamentations 2:14, Lamentations 2:15, Judges 9:38, Judges 10:14, 2 Kings 3:13

13Because of this, thus says the Lord God: And I will cause a violent wind to burst forth in my indignation, and there will be an inundating rain in my fury, and great hailstones in wrath, to consume.

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Isaiah 30:30, Isaiah 30:30, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 16:21, Psalms 148:8

14And I will destroy the wall that you have covered without tempering it. And I will level it to the ground, and its foundation will be revealed. And it will fall and be consumed in its midst. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Micah 1:6, Jeremiah 6:15, Micah 1:6, Jeremiah 6:15, Habakkuk 3:13

15And I will fulfill my indignation against the wall, and against those who cover it without mixing the mortar, and I will say to you: The wall is no more, and those who covered it are no more:

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Nehemiah 4:3, Psalms 62:3, Isaiah 30:13, Nehemiah 4:3, Psalms 62:3

16the prophets of Israel, who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord God.

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Jeremiah 6:14, Ezekiel 13:10, Jeremiah 6:14, Ezekiel 13:10, Jeremiah 8:11

17And as for you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy from their own heart. And prophesy about them,

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Ezekiel 13:2, Ezekiel 13:2, Revelation 2:20, Judges 4:4, 2 Kings 22:14

18and say: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to those who sew together little pillows under every forearm, and who make little cushions for the heads of every stage of life, in order to capture souls. And when they have seized the souls of my people, they became the life of their souls.

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2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:14, Ezekiel 13:20, Ezekiel 13:20, Jeremiah 6:14

19And they violated me among my people, for the sake of a handful of barley and a fragment of bread, so that they would kill the souls that should not die, and enliven the souls that should not live, lying to my people who believe in falsehoods.

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Proverbs 28:21, Micah 3:5, Proverbs 28:21, Micah 3:5, Ezekiel 22:26

20Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against your little pillows, with which you catch flying souls. And I will tear them away from your arms. And I will release the souls that you are capturing, the souls that should fly.

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Ezekiel 13:18, Ezekiel 13:18, 2 Timothy 3:8, 2 Timothy 3:9, 2 Timothy 3:8

21And I will tear away your little cushions. And I will free my people from your hand. And they shall no longer be a prey in your hands. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Psalms 91:3, Psalms 91:3

22For by deception you have caused the heart of the just to grieve, whom I would not sadden. And I have strengthened the hands of the impious, so that he would not be turned back from his evil way and live.

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Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 14:13

23Therefore, you shall not see emptiness, and you shall not divine divinations, any more. And I will rescue my people from your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

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Ezekiel 13:21, Ezekiel 13:21, Micah 3:6, Ezekiel 12:24, Micah 3:6