The Meaning of Ezekiel 13:7 Explained

Ezekiel 13:7

KJV: Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

YLT: A vain vision have ye not seen, And a lying divination spoken, When ye say: An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have not spoken?

Darby: Have ye not seen a vain vision, and spoken a lying divination, when ye say, Jehovah saith; and I have not spoken?

ASV: Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, in that ye say, Jehovah saith; albeit I have not spoken?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Have ye not seen  a vain  vision,  and have ye not spoken  a lying  divination,  whereas ye say,  The LORD  saith  [it]; albeit I have not spoken? 

What does Ezekiel 13:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 13

1  The reproof of false prophets
10  and their untempered mortar
17  Of prophecies and their pillows

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 13:7 mean?

Have not a vision futile you seen and divination FALSE have you not spoken and You say says Yahweh but I not have spoken -
הֲל֤וֹא מַֽחֲזֵה־ שָׁוְא֙ חֲזִיתֶ֔ם וּמִקְסַ֥ם כָּזָ֖ב ؟ אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה וַאֲנִ֖י לֹ֥א דִבַּֽרְתִּי ס

הֲל֤וֹא  Have  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
מַֽחֲזֵה־  a  vision 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַחֲזֶה  
Sense: vision (in the ecstatic state).
שָׁוְא֙  futile 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁוְא  
Sense: emptiness, vanity, falsehood.
חֲזִיתֶ֔ם  you  seen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: חָזָה  
Sense: to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide.
וּמִקְסַ֥ם  and  divination 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִקְסָם  
Sense: divination.
כָּזָ֖ב  FALSE 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּזָב  
Sense: a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing.
؟ אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם  have  you  not  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
וְאֹֽמְרִים֙  and  You  say 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
נְאֻם־  says 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נְאֻם  
Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
יְהוָ֔ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וַאֲנִ֖י  but  I 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
דִבַּֽרְתִּי  have  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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