Reproof of False Prophets// Micah 2:6–11
1Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own hearts: Hear the word of Yahweh! 3This is what the Lord Yahweh says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. 4Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins. 5You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of Yahweh.
- EZK 13:2[TEXT]OUT OF THEIR OWN HEARTS. The Hebrew says millibbam, from their own heart, like the KJV.
6They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares Yahweh,’ when Yahweh did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- EZK 13:6[DEMONIC]Prophets who speak lying divinations
7Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares Yahweh,’ even though I have not spoken?
8Therefore this is what the Lord Yahweh says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord Yahweh. 9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
10Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, 11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. 12Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
- EZK 13:10[NOTE]WHITEWASH. Cheap paint over a weak wall to make it look strong. False prophets painted over sin with nice words. Jesus spoke of whitewashed tombs, Matthew 23:27.
13Therefore this is what the Lord Yahweh says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury. 14I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
15And after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it— 16those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord Yahweh.’
Reproof of False Prophetesses
17Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy against them 18and tell them that this is what the Lord Yahweh says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own? 19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
- EZK 13:17[DEMONIC]God sets His face against women who prophesy falsely
- EZK 13:18[DEMONIC]Women who sew magic charms to hunt souls
20Therefore this is what the Lord Yahweh says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds. 21I 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 Yahweh.
- EZK 13:21[DEMONIC]God ends the women's divination and frees His people
22Because you have made the heart of the righteous sad with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives, 23therefore 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 Yahweh.”
- EZK 13:22[TEXT]MADE THE HEART SAD. The Hebrew says they grieved the heart of the righteous, like the KJV.