False Prophets Condemned
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 3This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish13:3 Or wicked prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! 4Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins. 5You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord. 6Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the Lord has not sent them, they say, “The Lord declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words. 7Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The Lord declares,” though I have not spoken?
8“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign Lord. 9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.
10“ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, 11therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth. 12When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”
13“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury. 14I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it13:14 Or the city falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord. 15So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. 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 visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.” ’
17“Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them 18and 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? 19You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. 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.
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. 21I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 22Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies, when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives, 23therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
斥责假先知
1耶和华对我说： 2“人子啊，你要说预言斥责以色列那些说预言的先知，告诉那些私自发预言的人，‘你们要听耶和华的话。 3主耶和华说，愚顽的先知有祸了！他们没有看到异象，却私自发预言。 4以色列人啊，你们的先知像废墟中的狐狸， 5没有上去堵住缺口，也没有重建以色列的围墙，使以色列在耶和华的日子来临时的争战中坚立。 6他们的异象虚假不实，他们的预言谎话连篇。他们口口声声说是传达耶和华的话，其实耶和华并没有差遣他们。他们竟然指望自己的谎言能够应验。 7难道你们不是见了虚假的异象，说了虚谎的预言吗？你们说这是耶和华说的，其实我并没有说。’”
8所以主耶和华说：“因为你们的假异象和谎言，我要攻击你们。这是主耶和华说的。 9我必动手攻击那些见假异象、说假预言的先知。他们必从我的子民当中被剔除，不被收录在以色列人的名册上，也不能进入以色列的土地。这样，你们就知道我是主耶和华。 10因为他们欺骗我的子民说，‘平安！’其实并没有平安，就像有人筑了一道薄墙，用白灰加以粉饰。 11所以，你要警告那些粉刷白灰的人，说，‘墙必倒塌，暴雨要来临，冰雹势必降下，狂风也必大作。’ 12墙倒塌之后，一定会有人问，‘你们粉饰的白灰在哪里呢？’ 13主耶和华说，‘我必在烈怒中用狂风暴雨和冰雹来摧毁这墙， 14我必把你们粉饰的墙夷为平地，使其露出根基。墙倒塌的时候，你们必葬身其中。这样，你们就知道我是耶和华。 15我要向这墙和粉饰这墙的人发怒，惩罚他们。我告诉你们，这墙完了！粉饰这墙的人也完了！’ 16他们就是那些向耶路撒冷说假预言，在没有平安的时候宣称看到了平安异象的以色列先知。这是主耶和华说的。”
17“人子啊，你要说预言斥责你同胞中私自发预言的女子， 18告诉她们主耶和华这样说，‘你们这些妇女有祸了！你们为了猎取人命，给人缝制戴在手腕上的符咒和各种尺寸的头巾。你们猎取我子民的性命，还想保住自己的性命吗？ 19你们为了几把大麦和几块饼，在我的子民中亵渎我，向那些肯听谎言的说谎，杀死那些不该死的，救活那些不该活的。’
20“所以主耶和华说，‘你们用符咒猎取人命如同捕鸟，我要除去你们的符咒，从你们手臂上扯掉它们，释放你们所猎取的人。 21我还要撕去你们的头巾，把我的子民从你们手中拯救出来，使他们不再做你们手中的猎物。这样，你们就知道我是耶和华。 22我没有使义人忧伤，你们却以谎言叫他们灰心。你们怂恿恶人不要改邪归正，以致他们丧命。 23因此，你们必不再见假异象，也不再占卜。我必从你们手中拯救我的子民。这样，你们就知道我是耶和华。’”
