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13 Ja minulle tuli tämä Herran sana:

"Ihmislapsi, ennusta Israelin ennustavista profeetoista ja sano noille, jotka ovat profeettoja oman sydämensä voimasta: Kuulkaa Herran sana.

Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Voi profeettahoukkia, jotka seuraavat omaa henkeänsä ja sitä, mitä eivät ole nähneet!

Niinkuin ketut raunioissa ovat sinun profeettasi, Israel.

Te ette ole nousseet muurin aukkoihin ettekä korjanneet muuria Israelin heimon ympärillä, että se kestäisi sodassa, Herran päivänä.

Mitä he ovat nähneet, on petosta, ja heidän ennustelunsa on valhetta, kun he sanovat: 'Näin sanoo Herra', vaikka Herra ei ole heitä lähettänyt; ja he muka odottavat, että hän toteuttaisi heidän sanansa.

Ettekö ole petollisia näkyjä nähneet ja valhe-ennusteluja puhuneet, kun olette sanoneet: 'Näin sanoo Herra', vaikka minä en ole puhunut?

Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Koska te olette puhuneet petosta ja nähneet valhenäkyjä, niin sentähden, katso, minä käyn teidän kimppuunne, sanoo Herra, Herra.

Minun käteni on profeettoja vastaan, jotka petosnäkyjä näkevät ja valhetta ennustelevat. Ei pidä heidän oleman minun kansani yhteydessä, ei heitä kirjoiteta Israelin heimon kirjaan, eivätkä he tule Israelin maahan; ja te tulette tietämään, että minä olen Herra, Herra.

10 Koska he, koska he vievät minun kansani harhaan, sanoen: 'rauha!', vaikka ei rauhaa ole, ja katso, koska he, kun kansa rakentaa seinän, valkaisevat sen kalkilla,

11 niin sano noille kalkilla-valkaisijoille, että se kaatuu. Tulee kaatosade, te syöksytte alas, raekivet, ja sinä pusket puhki, myrskynpuuska,

12 ja katso, seinä kaatuu! Eikö silloin teiltä kysytä: 'Missä on valkaisu, jonka olette sivelleet?'

13 Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Minä kiivaudessani annan myrskynpuuskan puhjeta, kaatosade tulee minun vihastani ja raekivet minun kiivaudestani, niin että tulee loppu.

14 Minä hajotan seinän, jonka te olitte kalkilla valkaisseet, ja syöksen sen maahan, niin että sen perustus paljastuu; niin se kaatuu, ja te saatte siinä lopun. Ja te tulette tietämään, että minä olen Herra.

15 Niin minä panen kiivauteni täytäntöön seinässä ja niissä, jotka sen kalkilla valkaisivat, ja sanon teille: Ei ole enää seinää eikä sen valkaisijoita,

16 Israelin profeettoja, jotka ennustivat Jerusalemista ja näkivät sille rauhan näkyjä, vaikka ei rauhaa ollut; sanoo Herra, Herra.

17 Ja sinä, ihmislapsi, käännä kasvosi kansasi tyttäriä vastaan, jotka joutuvat hurmoksiin oman sydämensä voimasta, ja ennusta heitä vastaan

18 ja sano: Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Voi niitä naisia, jotka sitovat taikasiteet kaikkiin ranteisiin ja tekevät hunnut kaikenkorkuisiin päihin pyydystääksensä sieluja! Toisia sieluja te pyydystätte minun kansaltani pois, toisten sielujen annatte elää omaksi eduksenne.

19 Ja te häpäisette minut kansani edessä muutamista ohrakourallisista ja leipäpalasista, kun kuoletatte sieluja, joiden ei olisi kuoltava, ja annatte elää sielujen, jotka eivät saisi elää; kun valhettelette minun kansalleni, joka kuuntelee valhetta.

20 Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Minä käyn käsiksi teidän taikasiteisiinne, joilla olette pyydystäneet sieluja niinkuin lintuja, ja revin ne teidän käsivarsistanne ja lasken ne sielut irti - sielut, jotka te olette pyydystäneet - niinkuin linnut.

21 Ja minä revin teidän huntunne ja pelastan kansani teidän käsistänne, niin etteivät he enää joudu teidän kätenne saaliiksi; ja te tulette tietämään, että minä olen Herra.

22 Koska olette valheella murehduttaneet vanhurskaan sydämen, vaikka minä en tahtonut häntä murehduttaa, ja olette vahvistaneet jumalattoman käsiä, ettei hän kääntyisi pahalta tieltänsä ja saisi elää,

23 sentähden ette enää saa petosnäkyjä nähdä ettekä ennustella ennustelujanne, vaan minä pelastan kansani teidän käsistänne; ja te tulette tietämään, että minä olen Herra."

False Prophets Condemned

13 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets(A) of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination:(B) ‘Hear the word of the Lord!(C) This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish[a] prophets(D) who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!(E) Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins. You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair(F) it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord.(G) Their visions are false(H) and their divinations a lie. Even though the Lord has not sent(I) them, they say, “The Lord declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words.(J) Have you not seen false visions(K) and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The Lord declares,” though I have not spoken?

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you,(L) declares the Sovereign Lord. My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying(M) divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records(N) of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(O)

10 “‘Because they lead my people astray,(P) saying, “Peace,”(Q) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,(R) 11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones(S) hurtling down,(T) and violent winds will burst forth.(U) 12 When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”

13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(V) and torrents of rain(W) will fall with destructive fury.(X) 14 I will tear down the wall(Y) you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation(Z) will be laid bare. When it[b] falls,(AA) you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord. 15 So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, “The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it, 16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AB)”’

17 “Now, son of man, set your face(AC) against the daughters(AD) of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them(AE) 18 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned(AF) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(AG) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(AH)

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.(AI) 21 I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(AJ) 22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,(AK) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,(AL) 23 therefore you will no longer see false visions(AM) or practice divination.(AN) I will save(AO) my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord.(AP)’”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:3 Or wicked
  2. Ezekiel 13:14 Or the city

13 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord;

Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.

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.

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

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.

10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;

16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

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.