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Ezekiel 13:20

Truth and honesty

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.

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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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Therefore the Lord GOD 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.
ASV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 I will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make [them] fly.
DARBY
Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against your pillows, that the souls which ye catch by their means may fly away; and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, the souls that ye catch, that they may fly away.
BLB
Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I [am] against your⁺ charms, by which you⁺ hunt there souls like birds; and I will tear them from your⁺ arms, and I will send away the souls that you⁺ hunt like the souls of birds.
ÅB
Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg vil ta fatt i deres dekker som dere fanger sjelene med slik som fugler, og jeg vil rive dem bort fra deres armer, og de sjeler som dere fanger, dem vil jeg la slippe fri som fugler.
OTB
Derfor er dette hva den suverene Herren erklærer: Jeg er imot deres magiske sjarm som dere fanger folk med som fugler, og jeg vil rive dem fra deres armer; jeg vil sette fri de folkene dere fanger som fugler.
B1930
Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg vil ta fatt i eders dekker som I fanger sjelene med likesom fugler, og jeg vil rive dem bort fra eders armer, og de sjeler som I fanger, dem vil jeg la slippe fri som fugler.

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  • Ezekiel 13:18

    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?

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  • 2 Timothy 3:8–9

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

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  • Ezekiel 13:15–16

    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—

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  • Ezekiel 13:8–9

    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.

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