The Meaning of Ezekiel 13:17 Explained

Ezekiel 13:17

KJV: Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

YLT: And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who are prophesying out of their own heart, and prophesy concerning them,

Darby: And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy against them,

ASV: And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Likewise, thou son  of man,  set  thy face  against the daughters  of thy people,  which prophesy  out of their own heart;  and prophesy  thou against them, 

What does Ezekiel 13:17 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord also directed Ezekiel to speak judgment to the female false prophets who were concocting their own messages and passing them off as divine revelations (cf. Isaiah 3:16 to Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 32:9-13; Amos 4:1-3; Micah 3:5).

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 13

1  The reproof of false prophets
10  and their untempered mortar
17  Of prophecies and their pillows

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 13:17 mean?

And Likewise you son of man set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own heart and prophesy against them
וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־ אָדָ֗ם שִׂ֤ים פָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־ בְּנ֣וֹת עַמְּךָ֔ הַמִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וֹת מִֽלִּבְּהֶ֑ן וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עֲלֵיהֶֽן

וְאַתָּ֣ה  And  Likewise  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֗ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
שִׂ֤ים  set 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
פָּנֶ֙יךָ֙  your  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
אֶל־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בְּנ֣וֹת  the  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
עַמְּךָ֔  of  your  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַמִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וֹת  who  prophesy 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, feminine plural
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
מִֽלִּבְּהֶ֑ן  out  of  their  own  heart 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א  and  prophesy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
עֲלֵיהֶֽן  against  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.