Ezekiel 13:9
in Ezekiel 13My 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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 13
Commentary
11 notes on this verse(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.
This site's exposition
I am against you
on Ezekiel 13:8-9
Because they “have uttered vain words and seen false visions,” the Lord says, “I am against you.” The sentence fits their office. The prophets who promised the nation safety are cut off from it, “Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
This site's exposition
recorded in the register
The register of the house of Israel was the roll of the people by family. Ezra 2:62 records priests whose names were not found in it and who were kept from the priesthood. The false prophets will have no place in the land.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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."
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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.
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.
Written - Not registered among those that return, Ezra ii, 1, 2. Enter - They shall never come into the land of Israel. They shall not be written in the book of eternal life, which is written for the just ones of the house of Israel, saith the Chaldea paraphrast.
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies,.... Meaning, by his hand, not the true spirit of prophecy, attended with a divine power and energy, as in Eze 1:3; but the wrath and power of God seizing on them and punishing them.
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 & Brown1802–1910
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.
They shall not be in the assembly of my people - They shall not be reputed members of my Church. They shall not be reckoned in the genealogy of true Israelites that return from captivity; and they shall never have a possession in the land; they shall be exhereditated and expatriated. They shall all perish in the siege, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence.
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.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Because they prophesied falsehood, and because they misled My people, saying, 'Peace,' but there is no peace; and they are like one who builds a partition wall and smears it with untempered clay that has no straw.
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. 4 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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיְתָ֣ה | vehayetah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| יָדִ֗י | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| הַחֹזִ֣ים | hachozim | who see | H2372 → | 55 times |
| שָׁוְא֮ | shav' | worthlessness | H7723 → | 53 times |
| וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣ים | vehakosemim | and who divine | H7080 → | 20 times |
| כָּזָב֒ | kazav | falsehood | H3577 → | 31 times |
| בְּס֧וֹד | besod | in [the] council of | H5475 → | |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִהְי֗וּ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וּבִכְתָ֤ב | uvikhtav | and in [the] register of | H3791 → | |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ | yikatevu | they will be written down | H3789 → | 224 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַדְמַ֥ת | ʾadmat | [the] land of | H127 → | 225 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָבֹ֑אוּ | yavou | they will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם | vida'tem | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֖י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [am the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
וְהָיְתָ֣הand it will be
vehayetahH1961 →3559 times
יָדִ֗יhand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
אֶֽל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַנְּבִיאִ֞יםthe prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
הַחֹזִ֣יםwho see
hachozimH2372 →55 times
שָׁוְא֮worthlessness
shav'H7723 →53 times
וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣יםand who divine
vehakosemimH7080 →20 times
כָּזָב֒falsehood
kazavH3577 →31 times
בְּס֧וֹדin [the] council of
besodH5475 →
עַמִּ֣יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִהְי֗וּthey will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
וּבִכְתָ֤בand in [the] register of
uvikhtavH3791 →
בֵּֽית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִכָּתֵ֔בוּthey will be written down
yikatevuH3789 →224 times
וְאֶל־and into
veel-H413 →5510 times
אַדְמַ֥ת[the] land of
ʾadmatH127 →225 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יָבֹ֑אוּthey will go
yavouH935 →2568 times
וִידַעְתֶּ֕םand you will know
vida'temH3045 →945 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֖יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[am the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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.
- Matthew 24:21
Through
Psalms 69:28May 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.”
- Philippians 4:3
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.
