Bible Strands
Ezekiel 13:23
therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the false prophets of Israel immediately after condemning them in Ezekiel 13:22 for misleading the righteous and emboldening the wicked. He declares the termination of their deceptive ministry and the rescue of His people from their influence.
The words — שׁוֹאֵ (Shav') means worthlessness or falsehood, and קֶסֶם (Kesem) refers to divination or soothsaying. These terms define the specific religious frauds God declares will cease.
The thread — The promise of ending false visions and divination appears in Ezekiel 12:24 and Micah 3:6, while Ezekiel 13:21 parallels the rescue theme by describing God tearing off veils and delivering His people from their hands.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment of divine sovereignty by linking the end of prophetic deception directly to God's deliverance of His people and the resulting recognition that He alone is Lord.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 13:21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 12:24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
- Micah 3:6 Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
- Ezekiel 34:10 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
- Zechariah 13:3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
- Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- Revelation 12:11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- Deuteronomy 18:20 But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
- Ezekiel 13:6 They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Ezekiel 14:8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.