Ezekiel 12:24 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 12:24

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

KJV

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ASV

For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

WEB

For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,

YLT

For there is no more any vain vision, and flattering divination, In the midst of the house of Israel.

DBT

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.

About this book

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Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Jeremiah 14:14
Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Jeremiah 14:13–16
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Ezekiel 13:23
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.
Zechariah 13:2–4
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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How they flattered themselves with hopes that the judgments should be delayed. One saying they had, which had become proverbial in the land of Israel,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Faith comes by hearing that word of prophecy which is more sure than vision. We may keep up our communion with God without raptures and ecstasies. In these verses the prophet is directed, I.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It will not serve for an excuse, in saying ill, to plead that it is a common saying. How they are assured that they do but deceive themselves, for the judgments shall be hastened, these profane proverbs shall be confronted: Tell them, therefore, The days are at hand (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The true prophets' visions and predictions stand, and are in full force, power, and virtue; they give law, and receive credit, when the vain visions, and the flattering divinations, are lost and forgotten, and shall be no more in the house of Israel; for great is the truth, and will prevail.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

no more . . . vain vision . . . flattering divination--All those false prophets (La 2:14), who "flattered" the people with promises of peace and safety, shall be detected and confounded by the event itself.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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