Ezekiel 13:9

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“My 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.”

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BSBPD

“My 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> the Lord Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 13:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 32:32Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
  2. 1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  3. Ezra 2:59The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
  4. Ezra 2:62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
  5. Nehemiah 7:62the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.
  6. Nehemiah 7:64These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
  7. Psalms 69:5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
  8. Psalms 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
  9. Psalms 87:6The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
  10. Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
  11. Psalms 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
  12. Isaiah 4:3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
  13. Jeremiah 14:15Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
  14. Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
  15. Jeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
  16. Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
  17. Jeremiah 28:15Then 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.
  18. Jeremiah 29:21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
  19. Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
  20. Ezekiel 11:10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  21. Ezekiel 11:12Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
  22. Ezekiel 12:20The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  23. Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
  24. Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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