Ezekiel 13:4

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Your prophets, Israel, are like foxes among ruins.

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  • Song 2:15 : 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If someone full of wind and deceit lies and says, 'I will preach to you about wine and strong drink,' that would be just the preacher for this people!
  • Mic 3:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 This arose because of false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so they might bring us into bondage.
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the workings of Satan, with all kinds of power, false signs, and wonders, 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
  • 1 Tim 4:1-2 : 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons. 2 They will speak lies with hypocrisy, and their consciences will be seared as with a hot iron.
  • Titus 1:10-12 : 10 For there are many who are rebellious, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 One of their own prophets has said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons.'
  • Rev 13:11-14 : 11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. 13 It performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of the people. 14 It deceives those who dwell on the earth by the signs it was allowed to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf. By these signs he had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

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  • Ezek 13:1-3
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    1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD.

    3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

  • Ezek 13:5-6
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    5 You have not gone up to the breaches or repaired the wall for the house of Israel, so that it can stand firm in battle on the day of the LORD.

    6 They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is the declaration of the LORD,’ when the LORD has not sent them, and they hope to fulfill their words.

  • Ezek 13:16
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    16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and claimed visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 13:4
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    4 On that day, every prophet will be ashamed of their visions when they prophesy. They will no longer wear a cloak of hair to deceive.

  • Zeph 3:3-4
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    3 Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.

    4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and have done violence to the law.

  • Jer 5:13
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    13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them; therefore, let what they say be done to them.

  • Lam 5:18
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    18 Mount Zion, which lies desolate, is now roamed by foxes.

  • Jer 2:26
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    26 As a thief is ashamed when caught, so the house of Israel is put to shame—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets.

  • Jer 23:13
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    13 Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgraceful: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

  • Mic 3:5-6
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    5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.

    6 Therefore night will come over you—without visions; the darkness will fall—without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will grow dark for them.

  • Ezek 22:27-28
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    27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and destroy lives to make unjust gain.

    28 Her prophets plaster false visions for them, prophesying lies and saying, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

  • Lam 2:14
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    14 The visions of your prophets were false and empty; they did not expose your iniquity to restore your fortunes. Instead, they saw false and misleading oracles for you.

  • Jer 2:30
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    30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

  • Jer 23:15-16
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    15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.

    16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

  • Ezek 22:25
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    25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets within her, like a roaring lion that tears its prey; they have devoured lives, seized treasure and precious things, and made many widows within her.

  • Hos 9:7-8
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    7 The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have arrived—let Israel know it! The prophet is called foolish, the inspired man is viewed as insane, because of the magnitude of your sin and great hostility.

    8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God, yet the prophet is ensnared on all his paths, and hostility is in the house of his God.

  • Jer 14:14-15
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    14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.

    15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end.

  • Jer 23:26
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    26 How long will this continue in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of deceit in their own hearts?

  • Ezek 13:9
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    9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people, nor be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 10:21
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    21 The shepherds are senseless and do not seek the Lord; therefore they do not prosper, and all their flock is scattered.

  • Ezek 34:2
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    2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

  • Lam 4:13
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    13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

  • Zech 10:2
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    2 For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.

  • Jer 5:31
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    31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. And My people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?

  • Hos 10:1
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    1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. The richer his land, the more he adorned sacred pillars.

  • Matt 7:15
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    15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • Jer 23:1-2
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    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.

    2 Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the shepherds who tend My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I am about to punish you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

  • Ps 63:10
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    10 But those who seek to destroy my life will go down to the depths of the earth.

  • Isa 30:10
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    10 They say to the seers, 'See no more visions!' and to the prophets, 'Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.'

  • Isa 56:9
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    9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.

  • Ezek 14:9
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    9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

  • Hos 4:1
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    1 Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! For the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: there is no truth, no steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

  • Jer 23:11
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    11 For both prophet and priest have become corrupt. Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:5
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    5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild animals; they were scattered.

  • Hos 13:9
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    9 It has destroyed you, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

  • Jer 5:6
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    6 Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.

  • Hos 4:16
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    16 For Israel is as stubborn as a rebellious heifer. Now the LORD will pasture them like a lamb in an open field.

  • Jer 4:17
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    17 They surround her like men guarding a field because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD.

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    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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    10 Many shepherds have ruined my vineyard; they have trampled my portion underfoot. They have turned my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.