Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today God has Ezekiel launch out with prophecies against other prophets, false prophets specifically.

He says they prophesy about things they've dreamed up in their own minds or just have a feeling about in their spirits.

The text says they see false visions and lying visions and it's unclear whether that means

they're lying about what they see or if the enemy is faking these visions and the prophets just

think they're from God. But probably the former. The prophets also believe they have the power

to speak things into existence as long as they attach God's name to it, because then God's hands will be tied

and he'll be forced to comply with whatever they've spoken.

If you look at their beliefs and actions carefully, you might see that some of the popular

ideas and practices in the world today, and even in Christendom aren't too far off from this.

But God makes it clear that he is not the one informing these prophets, and he will not bend to their will.

Not only are his hands not tied, but his hands will be used against them.

God compares their prophecies to a wall they've built and painted white. It may look nice and

fresh and clean, but he will crush it and it will fall on them. God is using a

metaphor here. He's probably not going to smash them with an actual wall. He could but more likely the

walls are their false prophecies which will ultimately be turned back on them

just like we talked about with the people's sins. Then God turns his attention to the magicians or sorcerers.

He talks about people who sew magic bands on people's wrists.

And if you go to Jerusalem today,

you'll see a similar practice, where some stores try to sell you little red string

bracelets or pendants or home decor that's supposed to protect you from evil.

How deceptive is the enemy.

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