Ezekiel 13:7
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Have you not seen a vain vision and spoken a lying divination: and you say: The Lord saith: whereas I have not spoken.

The Lord

Ezekiel 13:2,3,6 Son of man, prophesy thou against the prophets of Israel that prophesy: and thou shalt say to them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the Lord: . . .

Matthew 24:23,24 Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him. . . .

Context
The Reproof of False Prophets
6They see vain things, and they foretell lies, saying: The Lord saith: whereas the Lord hath not sent them: and they have persisted to confirm what they have said. 7Have you not seen a vain vision and spoken a lying divination: and you say: The Lord saith: whereas I have not spoken.8Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have spoken vain things, and have seen lies: therefore behold I come against you, saith the Lord God.…
Cross References
Isaiah 30:10
Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

Ezekiel 22:28
And her prophets have daubed them without tempering the mortar, seeing vain things, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord God: when the Lord hath not spoken.

Lexicon
Have you not
הֲל֤וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

seen
חֲזִיתֶ֔ם (ḥă·zî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

a false
שָׁוְא֙ (šāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

vision
מַֽחֲזֵה־ (ma·ḥă·zêh-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4236: A vision

and spoken
וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ (wə·’ō·mə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

a lying
כָּזָ֖ב (kā·zāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing

divination
וּמִקְסַ֥ם (ū·miq·sam)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4738: Divination

when you proclaimed,
אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם (’ă·mar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

“Thus declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD,”
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

even though I
וַאֲנִ֖י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

had not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

spoken?’
דִבַּֽרְתִּי׃ (ḏib·bar·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue


Additional Translations
Have you not seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaimed, “Thus declares the LORD,” even though I had not spoken?’Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it; albeit I have not spoken?

Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, in that ye say, Jehovah saith; albeit I have not spoken?

Have ye not seen a false vision? and spoken vain prophecies?

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and spoken a lying divination, when ye say, Jehovah saith; and I have not spoken?

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith; albeit I have not spoken?

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it, although I have not spoken?

Haven't you seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying divination, in that you say, Yahweh says; but I have not spoken?

A vain vision have ye not seen, And a lying divination spoken, When ye say: An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have not spoken?
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