For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
Parallel translations
- WEB For there will be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
- KJV For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
- NKJV For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
- NASB For there will no longer be any false vision or deceptive divination within the house of Israel.
- NLT “There will be no more false visions and flattering predictions in Israel.
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Quick answer
God will end all false visions and flattering divination within Israel.
Overview
Alongside silencing skepticism, God promises to purge the deceptive prophecies that lulled people into false security. When true judgment falls, the comforting lies will be exposed. God's coming word leaves no room for the counterfeit voices that contradicted Him.
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- Ezek 13:23therefore 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.”
- Zech 13:2–4And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
- Jer 14:13–16“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
- Rom 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- 1 Th 2:5As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
- Lam 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- Ezek 13:6They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Prov 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- 2 Pet 2:2–3Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
- 1 Kgs 22:17So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
- 1 Kgs 22:11–13Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
- Jer 23:14–29And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
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