Ezekiel 13

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam hinnave el-nevi'e yisra'el hannibba'im ve'amarta linvi'e millibbam shimu devar-Adonai

O mortal, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy; say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of GOD!

koh amar adonay Elohim hoy al-hannevi'im hannevalim asher holekhim akhar rukham ulevilti ra'u

Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Woe to the degenerate prophets, who follow their own fancy, without having had a vision!

keshu'alim bokhoravot nevi'ekha yisra'el hayu

Your prophets, O Israel, have been like jackals among ruins.

lo alitem bapperatsot vattigderu gader al-bet yisra'el la'amod bammilkhamah beyom Adonai

You did not enter the breaches and repair the walls for the House of Israel, that they might stand up in battle in the day of GOD.

khazu shav veqesem kazav ha'omerim ne'um-Adonai va-Adonai lo shelakham veyikhalu leqayyem davar

They prophesied falsehood and lying divination; they said, “Declares GOD,” when GOD did not send them, and then they waited for their word to be fulfilled.

halo makhazeh-shav khazitem umiqsam kazav amartem ve'omerim ne'um-Adonai va'ani lo dibbarti

It was false visions you prophesied and lying divination you uttered, saying, “Declares GOD,” when I had not spoken.

lakhen koh amar adonay Elohim ya'an dabberkhem shav vakhazitem kazav lakhen hinni alekhem ne'um adonay Elohim

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: Because you speak falsehood and prophesy lies, assuredly, I will deal with you—declares the Sovereign GOD.

vehayetah yadi el-hannevi'im hakhozim shav vehaqqosemim kazav besod ammi lo-yihyu uvikhtav bet-yisra'el lo yikkatevu ve'el-admat yisra'el lo yavo'u vidatem ki ani adonay Elohim

My hand will be against the prophets who prophesy falsehood and utter lying divination. They shall not remain in the assembly of My people, they shall not be inscribed in the lists of the House of Israel, and they shall not come back to the land of Israel. Thus shall you know that I am the Sovereign GOD.

ya'an uveya'an hitu et-ammi lemor shalom ve'en shalom vehu boneh khayits vehinnam takhim oto tafel

Inasmuch as they have misled My people, saying, “It is well,” when nothing is well, daubing with plaster the flimsy wall that the people were building,

emor el-takhe tafel veyippol hayah geshem shotef ve'attenah avne elgavish tippolenah veruakh se'arot tevaqqea

say to those daubers of plaster: It shall collapse; a driving rain shall descend—and you, O great hailstones, shall fall—and a hurricane wind shall rend it.

vehinneh nafal haqqir halo ye'amer alekhem ayyeh hattiakh asher takhtem

Then, when the wall collapses, you will be asked, “What became of the plaster you daubed on?”

lakhen koh amar adonay Elohim uviqqati ruakh-se'arot bakhamati vegeshem shotef be'appi yihyeh ve'avne elgavish bekhemah lekhalah

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: In My fury I will let loose hurricane winds; in My anger a driving rain shall descend, and great hailstones in destructive fury.

veharasti et-haqqir asher-takhtem tafel vehiggatihu el-ha'arets veniglah yesodo venafelah ukhelitem betokhah vidatem ki-ani Adonai

I will throw down the wall that you daubed with plaster, and I will raze it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed; and when it falls, you shall perish in its midst; then you shall know that I am GOD.

vekhilleti et-khamati baqqir uvattakhim oto tafel ve'omar lakhem en haqqir ve'en hattakhim oto

And when I have spent My fury upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with plaster, I will say to you: Gone is the wall and gone are its daubers,

nevi'e yisra'el hannibbe'im el-yerushalai͏m vehakhozim lah khazon shalom ve'en shalom ne'um adonay Elohim

the prophets of Israel who prophesy about Jerusalem and see a vision of well-being for her when there is no well-being—declares the Sovereign GOD.

ve'attah ven-adam sim panekha el-benot ammekha hammitnabbe'ot millibbehen vehinnave alehen

And you, O mortal, set your face against the women of your people, who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them

ve'amarta koh-amar adonay Elohim hoy limtapperot kesatot al kol-atsile yaday ve'osot hammispakhot al-rosh kol-qomah letsoded nefashot hannefashot tetsodedenah le'ammi unefashot lakhenah tekhayyenah

and say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Woe to those who sew pads on all arm-joints and make bonnets for the head of every person, in order to entrap! Can you hunt down lives among My people, while you preserve your own lives?

vattekhallelnah oti el-ammi besha'ale se'orim uviftote lekhem lehamit nefashot asher lo-temutenah ulekhayyot nefashot asher lo-tikhyenah bekhazzevkhem le'ammi shome'e khazav

You have profaned My name among My people in return for handfuls of barley and morsels of bread; you have announced the death of persons who will not die and the survival of persons who will not live—lying to My people, who listen to your lies.

lakhen koh-amar adonay Elohim hinni el-kissetotekhenah asher attenah metsodedot sham et-hannefashot leforekhot veqarati otam me'al zero'otekhem veshillakhti et-hannefashot asher attem metsodedot et-nefashim leforekhot

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to deal with your pads, by which you hunt down lives like birds, and I will tear them from your arms and free the persons whose lives you hunt down like birds.

veqarati et-mispekhotekhem vehitsalti et-ammi miyyedkhen velo-yihyu od beyedkhen limtsudah vidaten ki-ani Adonai

I will tear off your bonnets and rescue My people from your hands, and they shall no longer be prey in your hands; then you shall know that I am GOD.

ya'an hakhot lev-tsaddiq sheqer va'ani lo hikhavtiv ulekhazzeq yede rasha levilti-shuv middarko hara lehakhayoto

Because you saddened the heart of the innocent with lies, when I would not inflict suffering on them, and encouraged the wicked not to repent of their evil ways and so gain life—

lakhen shav lo tekhezenah veqesem lo-tiqsamnah od vehitsalti et-ammi miyyedkhen vidaten ki-ani Adonai

assuredly, you shall no longer prophesy lies or practice divination! I will save My people from your hands, and you shall know that I am GOD.