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Ezekiel 13:19 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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? "
Ezekiel 13:19
Verse in Context
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Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy
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
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?
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.
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.
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Ezekiel 13:1
"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 13:2
"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;"
Ezekiel 13:3
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen"
Ezekiel 13:4
"O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts."
Ezekiel 13:5
"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."
Ezekiel 13:6
"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."
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