Ezekiel 13 · Verse 9

Ezekiel 13:9

And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 13:9 in other translations

BSBMy hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
WEB“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who utter lying divinations. They will not be in the council of my people, neither will they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither will they enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
ASVAnd my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
YLTAnd My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I am the Lord Jehovah.
DARBYAnd my hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
BBEAnd my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
WebsterAnd my hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 13:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. mine hand--My power in vengeance. not ... in ... assembly--rather, the "council"; "They shall not occupy the honorable office of councillors in the senate of elders after the return from Babylon" (Ezr 2:1, 2). neither ... written in ... Israel--They shall not even have a place in the register kept of all citizens' names; they shall be erased from it, just as the names of those who died in the year, or had been deprived of citizenship for their crimes, were at the annual revisal erased. Compare Jr 17:13; Lu 10:20; Re 3:5, as to those spiritually Israelites; Joh 1:47, and those not so. Literally fulfilled (Ezr 2:59, 62; compare Ne 7:5; Psa 69:28). neither ... enter ... land--They shall not so much as be allowed to come back at all to their country.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 They shall not be in the assembly of my people - They shall not be reputed members of my Church. They shall not be reckoned in the genealogy of true Israelites that return from captivity; and they shall never have a possession in the land; they shall be exhereditated and expatriated. They shall all perish in the siege, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 13:1-9

Heavy judgments against lying prophets. (Ezek 13:1-9) The insufficiency of their work. (Ezek 13:10-16) Woes against false prophetesses. (Ezek 13:17-23) Verses 1-9 Where God gives a warrant to do any thing, he gives wisdom. What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as that is which the ministers of Christ deliver. They were not praying prophets, had no intercourse with Heaven; they contrived how to…

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Ezekiel 13:9 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.

וְהָיְתָ֣הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will beH1961
יָדִ֗יya.Dihand myH3027
אֶֽל\־'el-againstH413
הַנְּבִיאִ֞יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030
הַחֹזִ֣יםha.cho.Zimwho seeH2372
שָׁוְא֮shaV'worthlessnessH7723
וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣יםve.ha.ko.se.Mimand who divineH7080
כָּזָב֒ka.ZavfalsehoodH3577
בְּס֧וֹדbe.Sodin [the] council ofH5475
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mipeople myH5971
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִהְי֗וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961
וּבִכְתָ֤בu.vikh.Tavand in [the] register ofH3791
בֵּֽית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִכָּתֵ֔בוּyi.ka.Te.vuthey will be written downH3789
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and intoH413
אַדְמַ֥ת'ad.Mat[the] land ofH127
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יָבֹ֑אוּya.Vo.'uthey will goH935
וִידַעְתֶּ֕םvi.da'.Temand you will knowH3045
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[am the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 13:9

  • Psalms 87:6

    The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

  • Psalms 69:28

    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Ezra 2:59

    And these were they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

  • Psalms 101:7

    He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

  • Jeremiah 28:15-17

    Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

  • Daniel 12:1

    And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

  • Ezekiel 20:38

    And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 11:10

    Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Nehemiah 7:64

    These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  • 1 Kings 22:24-25

    But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee? And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

  • Jeremiah 29:31-32

    Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mine.
11:13; 14:9,10; Ps 101:7; Jer 20:3-6; 28:15-17; 29:21,22,31,32
Re 19:20
assembly. or, secret, or council. neither shall they be.
Ex 32:32,33; Ezr 2:59,62,63; Ne 7:62,64; Ps 69:5,28; 87:6; Isa 4:3
Da 12:1; Ho 9:3; Lu 10:20; Php 4:3; Heb 12:23; Re 13:8; 20:12,15
neither shall they enter.
20:38
and ye.
11:10,12; 12:20; 1Ki 22:24,25; Jer 23:20

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Context

  • Ezekiel 13:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 13:9

    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 13:10

    Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

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Ezekiel 13:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y será mi mano contra los profetas que ven vanidad, y adivinan mentira: no serán en la congregación de mi pueblo, ni serán escritos en el libro de la casa de Israel, ni á la tierra de Israel volverán; y sabréis que yo soy el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ma main sera sur les prophètes qui ont des visions de vanité et qui devinent le mensonge: ils ne seront pas dans l’assemblée de mon peuple, et ils ne seront pas écrits dans le registre de la maison d’Israël, et ils n’entreront pas dans la terre d’Israël; et vous saurez que je suis le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und meine Hand wird wider die Propheten sein, die Eitles schauen und Lüge wahrsagen. Im Rate meines Volkes sollen sie nicht stehen, und in das Buch des Hauses Israel nicht eingeschrieben werden, und in das Land Israel sollen sie nicht kommen. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich der Herr, Jehova, bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit manus mea super prophetas qui vident vana, et divinant mendacium: in consilio populi mei non erunt, et in scriptura domus Israël non scribentur, nec in terram Israël ingredientur, et scietis quia ego Dominus Deus: