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Ezekiel 13:9

in Ezekiel 13

My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

And mine 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 the 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.

This verse in Ezekiel 13

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Cassian

Conference 17:25 · Written before 435.

Because [Judas] was corrupted by the plague of covetousness and had his name struck out from that heavenly list, it is suitably said of him … "They shall not be in the counsel of my people, nor shall they enrolled in the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel."

This site's exposition

behold, I am against you

on Ezekiel 13:8-9

The sentence is threefold and specific to their office: exclusion from the assembly of the people, no name written in the register of the house of Israel, no entry into the land. Fairbairn reads this as the precise reversal of what a false prophet promised, national security, since these men are cut off from the very nation they claimed to speak for. The recognition formula closes the sentence, ye shall know that I am the Lord God, the second of four landings in this chapter.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

on Ezekiel 13:8-9

(Vers. 8, 9.) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken idle words and have seen falsehood, behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God. And my hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God. LXX: Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We read of those who prophesied in Christ's name, and yet he will tell them that he never knew them ( Matt. vii. 22, 23 ), because they were not among those that were given to him. The Chaldee paraphrase reads it, They shall not be written in the writing of eternal life, which is written for the righteous of the house of Israel.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They took no care to prevent the judgments of God that were breaking in upon the kingdom. They are like the foxes in the deserts, running to and fro, and seeming to be in a great hurry, but it was to get away and shift for their own safety, not to do any good: The hireling flees, and leaves the sheep.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Assembly - Here “the congregation of the people.” These false prophets were to be struck off from “the writing” or, the rolls, in which the names of all Israelites were registered (compare Psa 87:6; Exo 32:32); and therefore when the restoration Eze 11:17 shall take place these men shall not have part in it.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Joh 1:47, and those not so. Literally fulfilled (Ezr 2:59, 62; compare Ne 7:5; Ps 69:28). neither . . . enter . . . land--They shall not so much as be allowed to come back at all to their country.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

and it is building a flimsy wall And behold My people are like builders of a partition, and the prophets are plastering with daub-earth similar to lime cement, but which does not resist the rains.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezekiel 13:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

27 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהָיְתָ֣הand it will be

    vehayetahH19613559 times

  • יָדִ֗יhand my

    yadiH30271618 times

  • אֶֽל־against

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • הַנְּבִיאִ֞יםthe prophets

    haneviimH5030314 times

  • הַחֹזִ֣יםwho see

    hachozimH237255 times

  • שָׁוְא֮worthlessness

    shav'H772353 times

  • וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣יםand who divine

    vehakosemimH708020 times

  • כָּזָב֒falsehood

    kazavH357731 times

  • בְּס֧וֹדin [the] council of

    besodH5475

  • עַמִּ֣יpeople my

    ʾamiH59711873 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H38085168 times

  • יִהְי֗וּthey will be

    yihyuH19613559 times

  • וּבִכְתָ֤בand in [the] register of

    uvikhtavH3791

  • בֵּֽית־[the] house of

    beit-H10042046 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H38085168 times

  • יִכָּתֵ֔בוּthey will be written down

    yikatevuH3789224 times

  • וְאֶל־and into

    veel-H4135510 times

  • אַדְמַ֥ת[the] land of

    ʾadmatH127225 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H38085168 times

  • יָבֹ֑אוּthey will go

    yavouH9352568 times

  • וִידַעְתֶּ֕םand you will know

    vida'temH3045945 times

  • כִּ֥יthat

    kiH35884482 times

  • אֲנִ֖יI

    ʾaniH589874 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֥י[am the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136440 times

  • יְהוִֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3069306 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Daniel 12:1

    “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning…

    it leads to

    • Matthew 24:21

      For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

    • Jeremiah 30:7

      How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

    • Mark 13:19

      For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.

    • Revelation 16:17–21

      Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”

    • Luke 21:23–24

      How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

  • Through

    Psalms 69:28

    May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 4:3

      Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Luke 10:20

      Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Exodus 32:32–33

      Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Cassian, Conference 17:25; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.