Bible in Basic English
"You have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord."
— Ezekiel 13:5, Bible in Basic English
Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;
This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing!
O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.
You have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord.
They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.
Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?
So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.