Ezekiel 13 · Verse 23

Ezekiel 13:23

Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:23, King James Version

Ezekiel 13:23 in other translations

BSBtherefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
WEBTherefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
ASVTherefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
YLTTherefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I am Jehovah!'
DARBYtherefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBEFor this cause you will see no more foolish visions or make false use of secret arts: and I will make my people free from your power; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterTherefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 13:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. ye shall see no more vanity--The event shall confute your lies, involving yourselves in destruction (Eze 13:9; Eze 14:8; 15:7; Mi 3:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 Ye shall see no more vanity - They pretended visions; but they were empty of reality. Nor divine divinations - As God would not speak to them, they employed demons. Where God is not, because of the iniquity of the people, the devil is, to strengthen and support that iniquity. And if he cannot have his priests, he will have his priestesses; and these will have a Church like themselves, full of lying doctrines, and bad works.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 13:17-23

It is ill with those who had rather hear pleasing lies than unpleasing truths. The false prophetesses tried to make people secure, signified by laying them at ease, and to make them proud, signified by the finery laid on their heads. They shall be confounded in their attempts, and God's people shall be delivered out of their hands. It behoves Christians to keep close to the word of God, and in every thing to seek…

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Ezekiel 13:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
שָׁ֚וְאShav.'worthlessnessH7723
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֶחֱזֶ֔ינָהte.che.Zei.nahyou will seeH2372
וְקֶ֖סֶםve.Ke.semand divinationH7081
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תִקְסַ֣מְנָהtik.Sam.nahyou will divineH7080
ע֑וֹדodagainH5750
וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤יve.hi.tzal.Tiand I will deliverH5337
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּי֙'a.Mipeople myH5971
מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ןmi.yed.Khenfrom hand yourH3027
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ןvi.da'.Tenand you will knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

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Cross references for Ezekiel 13:23

  • Ezekiel 13:21

    Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Micah 3:6

    Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

  • Ezekiel 12:24

    For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 34:10

    Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

  • Zechariah 13:3

    And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

  • Revelation 12:9

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  • Revelation 12:11

    And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

  • Matthew 24:24

    For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

  • 2 Timothy 3:9

    But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

  • Ezekiel 14:8

    And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Revelation 13:8

    And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:19

    For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye shall see.
6-16; 12:24; De 18:20; Mic 3:6; Zec 13:3; 2Ti 3:9
for I.
21; 34:10; Mt 24:24; Mr 13:22; 1Co 11:19; Jude 1:24; Re 12:9,11
Re 13:5,8; 15:2
and ye.
9,21; 14:8; 15:7

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Context

  • Ezekiel 13:22

    Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

  • Ezekiel 13:23

    Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 13:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto no veréis vanidad, ni más adivinaréis adivinación; y libraré mi pueblo de vuestra mano; y sabréis que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
à cause de cela, vous n’aurez plus de visions de vanité et vous ne pratiquerez plus la divination; et je délivrerai mon peuple de vos mains, et vous saurez que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
darum sollt ihr nicht mehr Eitles schauen und nicht ferner Wahrsagerei treiben; und ich werde mein Volk aus eurer Hand erretten. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
propterea vana non videbitis, et divinationes non divinabitis amplius, et eruam populum meum de manu vestra: et scietis quia ego Dominus.