Ezekiel 13 (The Message)  View In My Bible 1 God's Message came
to me: 2 "Son of man, preach against the prophets of Israel who
are making things up out of their own heads and calling it
'prophesying.' 3 God, the Master, pronounces doom on the empty-
headed prophets who do their own thing and know nothing of
what's going on! 4 Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals
scavenging through the ruins. 5 They haven't lifted a finger to
repair the defenses of the city and have risked nothing to help
Israel stand on God's Day of Judgment. 6 All they do is
fantasize comforting illusions and preach lying sermons. They
say 'God says . . .' when God hasn't so much as breathed in
their direction. And yet they stand around thinking that
something they said is going to happen. 7 "Haven't you
fantasized sheer nonsense? Aren't your sermons tissues of lies,
saying 'God says . . .' when I've done nothing of the kind? 8
Therefore - and this is the Message of God, the Master, remember
- I'm dead set against prophets who substitute