Ezekiel 13:18-20
Lexham English Bible
18 And you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to those who sew[a] magic charm bands on all the wrists[b] of the hands of my people and those who make the veils[c] that are on the head of people of every height, to ensnare people’s lives![d] Will you ensnare the lives[e] of my people and keep yourselves alive?[f] 19 And you defiled me among my people for a handful of barley and for morsels of bread to kill persons who should not die and to keep alive persons who should not live by means of your lies to my people who are listening to your lies.”’[g] 20 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am against your magic charm bands with which you are ensnaring persons[h] as birds; I will tear them from your arms, and I will release the persons that you are ensnaring, treating persons as birds.
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- Ezekiel 13:18 Literally “the sewers of”
- Ezekiel 13:18 Or “joints”
- Ezekiel 13:18 Literally “the makers of the veils”
- Ezekiel 13:18 Or “souls”
- Ezekiel 13:18 Or “souls”
- Ezekiel 13:18 Literally “and lives/souls for you, you keep alive”
- Ezekiel 13:19 Hebrew “lie”
- Ezekiel 13:20 Literally “which you are ensnaring with them the souls/individuals”
Ezekiel 13:18-20
New International Version
18 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 19 You have profaned(A) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(B) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(C)
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.(D)
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