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Have you notהֲלוֹאseenחֲזִיתֶםan emptyשָׁוְאvision,מַחֲזֵהand spokenאֲמַרְתֶּםa lyingכָּזָבdivination,וּמִקְסַםwhen you say,וְאֹמְרִים“DeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,”יְהוָהthough Iוַאֲנִיhave notלֹאspoken?דִבַּרְתִּי
Ezekiel 13:7
Study it in the app“Have you not seen an empty vision, and spoken a lying divination, when you say, “Declares YHWH,” though I have not spoken?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 13:7, word by word
- seenחֲזִיתֶםchazitem
see a vision
To see in a vision from God.
Where else “chazitem” appears- an emptyשָׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- visionמַחֲזֵהmachaze
vision
Vision: something God makes a person see.
Where else “machaze” appears- and spokenאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears- a lyingכָּזָבkazav
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kazav” appears- divinationמִקְסַםmiksam
divination
Divination, an omen.
Where else “miksam” appears- “Declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- spokenדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears
The context
6They have seen emptiness and lying divination, those who say, “Declares YHWH,” and YHWH has not sent them, and they expect him to confirm the word.
7 · This verse (above)
8Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you have spoken emptiness and seen lies, therefore, look, I am against you, declares Adonai YHWH.