Ezekiel 21:29

Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

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Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

In Context

28And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:

30Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

Isaiah 47:13But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.

Jeremiah 27:9And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:

Ezekiel 12:24For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.

Ezekiel 13:10Because, even because they have been guiding my people into error, saying, Peace; when there is no peace; and in the building of a division wall they put whitewash on it:

Ezekiel 21:25And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:29-32

The Destruction of the Ammonites. ( b. c. 592.) 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 30 Shall I cause it to return… Read the whole commentary →

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