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16 those prophets of Israel who are prophesying about Jerusalem and who proclaim a vision of peace about her when there is no peace, declares the Lord God.”

17 You, son of man, are to set your face against the daughters of your people, who are prophesying ecstatically from their own hearts. You are to prophesy against them. 18 You are to say that this is what the Lord God says.

Woe to those women who sew magic bands for all their[a] wrists and who make veils of every size for people’s heads in order to trap souls.[b] Will you women trap the souls of my people, but preserve your own souls?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:18 The translation follows an alternate Hebrew reading. The main reading is my wrists.
  2. Ezekiel 13:18 Or lives