1Herren sagde til mig:2„Du menneske, profetér imod de falske profeter i Israel, som kommer med deres egne idéer og hævder, at deres budskaber er fra mig. Ve de tåbelige profeter, som siger: ‚Hør, hvad Herren siger!’ uden at jeg har talt til dem.4Åh, Israels folk, jeres falske profeter er som sjakaler, der går på rov mellem ruinerne. De har intet gjort for at opbygge mit folk eller udbedre manglerne, så folket kunne undgå at blive ramt af min dom.6De har løjet ved at påstå, at deres budskab kom fra mig, selv om jeg aldrig har sendt dem, så de kan ikke forvente, at jeg skal opfylde deres profetier.7Derfor siger jeg til dem: ‚Er det måske ikke falske profetier og syner, der kommer fra jer, når I hævder at have et budskab fra mig, selvom jeg ikke har givet jer noget budskab? Fordi I er kommet med falske profetier og syner, må jeg straffe jer.’9De får aldrig nogen lederposition, ja, jeg vil slette deres navne af listen over Israels folk, og de vil aldrig få deres land at se igen. Så vil I indse, at jeg er Gud Herren.10De fører mit folk på afveje ved at profetere om fred, når der ikke er fred. Mit folk har bygget en mur af løse sten, og profeterne påstår, et lag kalk kan holde sammen på den.11Ezekiel, du kan godt fortælle dem, at deres fine, hvidkalkede mure vil falde sammen. Synden kan ikke skjules bag en pæn facade. Der kommer snart en mægtig storm med hagl og styrtregn, som får murene til at falde sammen.12Når katastrofen indtræder, vil folket anklage de falske profeter for at have slået det hele hen i stedet for at advare dem om deres synd.13Derfor siger jeg, Herren, til de falske profeter: Min vrede skal hagle ned over jer, og min harme er som en voldsom orkan, mit raseri er som den piskende regn.14Jeg vil smadre den hvidkalkede mur, så den bryder sammen og knuser jer i faldet. Så vil I indse, at jeg er Herren.15Jeg vil lade min vrede få frit løb imod muren og dem, som kalkede den. Så forsvinder både muren og de mennesker, som kalkede den,16de profeter, som forkyndte fred og ingen fare for Jerusalem, når der i virkeligheden ikke var udsigt til fred.17Profetér også imod de kvindelige profeter, der profeterer deres egne fantasier. Sig til dem: ‚Ve jer, der forfører mit folk, unge såvel som gamle, ved at lave amuletter, magiske armbånd til deres håndled og magiske tørklæder i alle størrelser. I vil blive straffet for at bedrage mit folk.19I tager nogle håndfulde byg eller et par stykker brød som betaling for at spå dem. Derved fører I uskyldige folk i døden og holder hånden over andre, som i virkeligheden fortjente at dø. I lyver for mit folk, og de lytter med glæde til jeres løgne.20Derfor siger jeg, Herren: Jeg vil straffe jer, fordi I jagter mit folks sjæle med jeres magiske armbånd. Jeg vil rive armbåndene af og sætte mit folk i frihed, som fuglen der slippes ud af sit bur.21Jeg befrier mit folk for jeres magiske tørklæder og river dem ud af jeres kløer, så de ikke længere skal være ofre for jer. Så vil I indse, at jeg er Herren.22I har taget modet fra de retskafne, stik imod min vilje, og I har opmuntret de onde, så de ikke omvendte sig fra deres ondskab og blev reddet.23Men nu skal det være slut med jeres løgne og spådomskunster. Jeg river mit folk ud af jeres kløer, og så vil I indse, at jeg er Herren.’ ”
English Standard Version
False Prophets Condemned
1The word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’3Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!4Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel.5You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord.6They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.7Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”8Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.10Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash,*11say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out.12And when the wall falls, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the coating with which you smeared it?’13Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end.14And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord.15Thus will I spend my wrath upon the wall and upon those who have smeared it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more, nor those who smeared it,16the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the Lord God.17“And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy against them18and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?19You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.20“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the souls like birds.21Your veils also I will tear off and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey, and you shall know that I am the Lord.22Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,23therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”
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