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Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD addresses false prophets in Ezekiel 13 who have claimed divine authority without His commission. This declaration occurs within a broader rebuke of prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations (Ezekiel 13:7, 13:9).
The words — The phrase לָ/כֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה (la./Khen koh) translates as "therefore thus," introducing a formal divine pronouncement. The term שָׁ֔וְא (Shav') literally means "worthlessness," describing the empty nature of the prophets' spoken words.
The thread — This "therefore thus says the Lord GOD... I am against you" formula appears in judgments against Jerusalem (Ezekiel 5:8), the land of Israel (Ezekiel 21:3), and Tyre (Ezekiel 26:3). It functions as a recurring structural marker for divine confrontation in Ezekiel.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that unauthorized religious claims carry direct divine opposition. Readers must account for the stated consequence of exclusion from the people's council and the land when they hear such declarations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 21:3 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
- Ezekiel 26:3 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
- Ezekiel 28:22 And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
- Ezekiel 35:3 and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
- Nahum 2:13 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
- Jeremiah 50:31 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Jeremiah 51:25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
- Ezekiel 29:3 Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
- Ezekiel 29:10 therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.