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Ezekiel 13:20

Ezekiel 13:20 is verse 20 of Ezekiel chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD 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.

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King James Version

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

World English Bible

“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I am against your magic bands, with which you hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms. I will let the souls fly free, even the souls whom you ensnare like birds.

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Ezekiel 13:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD 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?

19 You 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.

20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD 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.

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.

22 Because you have disheartened the righteous 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,

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Hebrew words

לָכֵ֞ן<to> thereforeכֹּהthusאָמַ֣רhe saysאֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lordיְהוִ֗הYahwehהִנְנִ֤יhere Iאֶל[am] againstכִּסְּתוֹתֵיכֶ֙נָה֙bands yourאֲשֶׁ֣רwhichאַ֠תֵּנָהyouמְצֹדְד֨וֹת[are] huntingשָׁ֤םthereאֶת<obj.>הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙the personsלְפֹ֣רְח֔וֹתfor birdsוְקָרַעְתִּ֣יand I will tear awayאֹתָ֔ם<obj.> themמֵעַ֖לfrom onזְרוֹעֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םarms yourוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙and I will set freeאֶת<obj.>הַנְּפָשׁ֔וֹתthe personsאֲשֶׁ֥רwhomאַתֶּ֛םyouמְצֹדְד֥וֹת[are] huntingאֶת<obj.>נְפָשִׁ֖יםpersonsלְפֹרְחֹֽתfor birds

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

Ezekiel 13:9

My 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 GOD.

Ezekiel 13:15

And 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—

Ezekiel 13:16

those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’

2 Timothy 3:8

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

2 Timothy 3:9

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

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