Bible: Ezekiel 13:1-7; 34:1-6

False Prophets Denounced

13:1 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: 1  ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing! 13:4 Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel. 13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord. 13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. 2  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; 3  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. 4  13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

Dinah and the Shechemites

34:1 Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet 1  the young women 2  of the land. 34:2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, 3  and sexually assaulted her. 4  34:3 Then he became very attached 5  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. 6  34:4 Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Acquire this young girl as my wife.” 7  34:5 When 8  Jacob heard that Shechem 9  had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent 10  until they came in.

34:6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah. 11 

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