Ezekiel 13:6 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- DivinationSee the chain from Genesis 44:15 · 7 links
- False HopesSee the chain from Job 8:13 · 4 links
Parallel Passages
- Jeremiah 29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
- Ezekiel 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Ezekiel 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
- Jeremiah 28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
- Jeremiah 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
- Jeremiah 29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
- Jeremiah 37:19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- Ezekiel 21:29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
- 1 Kings 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- 1 Kings 22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
- Proverbs 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
- Jeremiah 23:31–32 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. …
- Jeremiah 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 29:31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
- Lamentations 2:14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
- Ezekiel 12:23–24 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. …
- Ezekiel 13:7 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?
- Ezekiel 13:22–23 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: …
- Ezekiel 21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
- Zechariah 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
- Mark 13:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
- Mark 13:22–23 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. …
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
- 2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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Topics
- Hypocrisy The false prophets
- Minister, Christian False and corrupt
- Sorcery By false prophets
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible595–572 BC · Ezekiel
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- They have seen חָזוּ ḥāzû חָזָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- vanity שָׁוְא šowʾ שָׁוְא Noun · masculine singular
- and lying כָּזָב kāzāb כָּזָב Noun · masculine singular
- divination וְקֶסֶם wĕqesem קֶסֶם Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
- saying הָאֹמְרִים hāʾōmĕrîm אָמַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural · with the
- The LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- saith נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
- and the LORD וַיהוָה wayhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with and
- hath not sent לֹא lōʾ Negative שְׁלָחָם šĕlāḥām שָׁלַח Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- them: and they have made others to hope וְיִחֲלוּ wĕyiḥălû יָחַל Verb · piel sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- that they would confirm לְקַיֵּם lĕqayyēm קוּם Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition
- the word דָּבָר dābār דָּבָר Noun · masculine singular
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