Ezekiel 13:6 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 13:6

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.

BSB

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ASV

They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.

KJV

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

HOMILY 87 (ON JOHN 1:1-14) (420)

Whom does he mean by all those who have come before me? Those who say, "Thus says the Lord!" But the Lord has not sent them; they who have come on their own authority and have not been sent are the thieves and robbers.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were still ready to say, "We will warrant you that these troubles will be at an end quickly, and we shall be in prosperity again." as if their warrants would confirm false prophecies, in defiance of God himself. He is directed to denounce the judgments of God against them for these sins, from which their pretending to the character of prophets would not exempt them.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When these pretenders are found to be deceivers atheists and infidels will thence infer, They are all so. The Lord has not sent them; for though crafty enough in other things like the foxes, and very wise for the world, yet they are foolish prophets and have no experimental acquaintance with the things of God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And they have made others ... - Rather, “and they hope for the confirmation of their word.” They come to believe their own lies.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חָ֤זוּ	Cha.zu	they have seen	H2372 →
שָׁוְא֙	shaV'	worthlessness	H7723 →
וְקֶ֣סֶם	ve.Ke.sem	and divination of	H7081 →
כָּזָ֔ב	ka.Zav	falsehood	H3577 →
הָאֹֽמְרִים֙	ha.'o.me.Rim	those [who] say	H559 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַֽיהוָ֖ה	va.Yah.weh	and Yahweh	H3068 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
שְׁלָחָ֑ם	she.la.Cham	he has sent them	H7971 →
וְיִֽחֲל֖וּ	ve.yi.cha.Lu	and they have waited	H3176 →
לְקַיֵּ֥ם	le.kai.Yem	to fulfill	H6965 →
דָּבָֽר׃	da.Var	a word	H1697 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:14–15
  “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…
- Ezekiel 22:28
  Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 27:15
  For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
- Jeremiah 23:21
  I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
- Ezekiel 13:2–3
  “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
Through
Jeremiah 29:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from…
leads to
- Ephesians 5:6
  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Through
Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
leads to
- 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.
Through
Ezekiel 21:29
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
leads to
- Ezekiel 21:25
  And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

About Ezekiel

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel