Verse 2

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts, 'Hear the word of the LORD.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Menneskesønn, profeter til Israels profeter som taler fra sitt eget hjerte. Si til dem: Hør Herrens ord!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Menneskesønn, profeter mot Israels profeter som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer fra sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord.

• Norsk King James

  Menneskesønn, profetér mot Israels profeter som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sine egne hjerter: Hør Herrens ord;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du menneskesønn, profetér mot Israels profeter som profeterer av sitt eget hjerte, og si til dem: Hør Herrens ord.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Menneskesønn, profeter mot Israels profeter som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer av sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Menneskesønn, profetér mot profetene i Israel som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Menneskesønn, profetiser mot Israels profeter som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sine egne hjerter: Hør Herrens ord!

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Menneskesønn, profetér mot profetene i Israel som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Menneskesønn, profetér mot profetene i Israel som profeterer fra sitt eget hjerte. Si til dem: Hør Herrens ord!

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Menneskesønn, profetér mot Israels profeter som profeterer fra sitt eget hjerte. Si til dem: Hør Herrens ord!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du Menneskesøn! spaa imod Israels Propheter, som spaae; og du skal sige til dem, som spaae af deres (eget) Hjerte: Hører Herrens Ord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Menneskesønn, tal profetisk mot profetene i Israel som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sine egne hjerter: Hør Herrens ord!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Menneskesønn, profeter mot Israels profeter som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Menneskesønn, tal profetisk om profetene i Israel som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer ut fra sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord:

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menneskesønn, profeter mot Israels profeter som profeterer, og si til dem som profeterer fra sitt eget hjerte: Hør Herrens ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Menneskesønn, vær en profet mot profetene i Israel, og si til de profetene hvis ord er oppfunnet i deres hjerter: Hør Herrens ord.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne of man, Speake prophecie agaynst those prophetes, that preach in Israel: & saye thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne hertes: Heare the worde of the LORDE,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sonne of man, prophecie against the prophets of Israel, that prophecie, and say thou vnto them, that prophecie out of their owne hearts, Heare the worde of the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou sonne of man, prophecie against chose prophetes of Israel whiche prophecie, and say vnto them that prophecie out of their owne heartes, Heare the worde of the Lorde,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say you to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear you the word of Yahweh:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Son of man, prophesy concerning the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and thou hast said to those prophesying from their own heart: Hear ye a word of Jehovah:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear the word of Yahweh:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination:‘Listen to the LORD’s message!

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 13:17 : 17 Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy from their own heart; and prophesy against them,
• Jer 37:19 : 19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
• Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst.
• Ezek 22:28 : 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken.
• Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
• Isa 9:15 : 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
• Isa 28:14 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem.
• Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory. 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
• Jer 6:13-14 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
• Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
• Jer 14:13-15 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'' 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.' 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
• Jer 23:2 : 2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.
• Jer 23:11-22 : 11 For both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness, says the LORD. 12 Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring disaster upon them, the year of their punishment, says the LORD. 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused my people Israel to err. 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. 17 They still say to those who despise me, 'The LORD has said, You shall have peace.' And they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart, 'No evil shall come upon you.' 18 For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD and has perceived and heard his word? Who has marked his word and heard it? 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return until he has executed and until he has performed the thoughts of his heart. In the latter days you shall consider it perfectly. 21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.
• Jer 23:25-26 : 25 I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.' 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
• Jer 27:14 : 14 Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.
• Jer 27:18 : 18 But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
• Jer 28:12-17 : 12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the LORD; You have broken the yokes of wood; but you shall make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
• Jer 29:8-9 : 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners, who are among you, deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD.
• Jer 29:20-24 : 20 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;' 23 Because they have done outrageous things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD. 24 Thus you shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
• Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie. 32 Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for my people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Ezek 34:7 : 7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
• Ezek 34:9 : 9 Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
• Amos 7:16-17 : 16 Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity from his land.
• Mic 3:6 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
• Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
• Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
• Lam 4:13 : 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst,
• Ezek 13:3 : 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• 2 Chr 18:18-24 : 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying in this manner, and another saying in that manner. 20 Then a spirit came forward, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said to him, How? 21 And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, You shall entice him, and you shall also prevail; go out, and do so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, and the LORD has declared disaster against you. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
• Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks unto him;