Ezekiel 22:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.”

Ezekiel 22:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 22:28 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 22:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, ‘The Lord Yahweh says,’ when Yahweh has not spoken.”

Ezekiel 22:28 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 22:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken. ”

Ezekiel 22:28 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 22:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken.”

Ezekiel 22:28 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 22:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken. ”

Ezekiel 22:28 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 22:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And her prophets haue dawbed them with vntempered morter, seeing vanities, and diuining lies vnto them, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God, when the Lord had not spoken.”

Ezekiel 22:28 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 22:28 in Context — Ezekiel 22

26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.

29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

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What Does Ezekiel 22:28 Mean?

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