Ezekiel 13:3

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“This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.”

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“This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 13:3 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
  2. Proverbs 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
  3. Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 23:9As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
  5. Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
  6. Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
  7. Ezekiel 13:6They 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.
  8. Ezekiel 13:18and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
  9. Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
  10. Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
  11. Zechariah 11:15And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
  12. Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
  13. Luke 11:40You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
  14. Luke 11:42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
  15. Luke 11:52Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
  16. 1 Corinthians 9:16Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
  17. 1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
  18. 2 Timothy 3:9But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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