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Ezekiel 13:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9And 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies” at Ezekiel 13:9 as part of “False Prophets Whitewash a Weak Wall with Peace.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 13:1–16
The line at Ezekiel 13:9 is one step in Ezekiel 13:1–16. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies” at Ezekiel 13:9 as part of “False Prophets Whitewash a Weak Wall with Peace.” Its force depends on the unit's ancient referent and what follows.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Ezekiel 13:1–16. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies” at Ezekiel 13:9 as part of “False Prophets Whitewash a Weak Wall with Peace.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The wall image does not authorize attacking all hopeful speech or calling disagreement false prophecy without evidence.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 13:1–16 — False Prophets Whitewash a Weak Wall with PeaceSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 13:1–16, 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 13:1–16
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