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Ezekiel 13:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23Therefore 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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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations” at Ezekiel 13:23 as part of “Women Prophets Are Accused of Ensnaring Lives.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 13:17–23
Read Ezekiel 13:23 with 13:17–23. By itself, “Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Ezekiel addresses women portrayed as prophesying from themselves, using ritual bands and veils, profaning God's name for gain, disheartening the righteous, and encouraging the wicked.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “False Prophets Whitewash a Weak Wall with Peace” into “Women Prophets Are Accused of Ensnaring Lives.” Its non-interchangeable contribution is: Ezekiel addresses women portrayed as prophesying from themselves, using ritual bands and veils, profaning God's name for gain, disheartening the righteous, and encouraging the wicked. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations” at Ezekiel 13:23 as part of “Women Prophets Are Accused of Ensnaring Lives.”
What Remains True
People and leaders answer for the truth and actions actually entrusted to them; accountability must not become control, fatalism, or blame of those harmed. In Ezekiel 13:23, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations” at Ezekiel 13:23 as part of “Women Prophets Are Accused of Ensnaring Lives.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Give accessible warning, repair what is yours to repair, protect people with less power, and respect the boundary between your responsibility and another person's agency. This response follows Ezekiel 13:17–23's specific concern, “Women Prophets Are Accused of Ensnaring Lives.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations” at Ezekiel 13:23 as part of “Women Prophets Are Accused of Ensnaring Lives.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 13:17–23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 13:17–23
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Ezekiel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
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Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 13:17–23
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