Ezekiel 13:6
“They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘Yahweh says;’ but Yahweh has not sent them. They have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.”
What does Ezekiel 13:6 mean?
Ezekiel is calling out people who claim to speak God's messages but are actually making things up. These false prophets would tell people what they wanted to hear, offering false hope by claiming God had promised things He never actually said. The real damage wasn't just that they were lying, but that they were leading vulnerable people to trust in promises that would never come true, leaving them disappointed and spiritually misled. This speaks to something true in any era: there's real harm in confidence tricks dressed up as spiritual truth, especially when people are already struggling and desperate for good news. God's concern here is for the people being deceived, not just for His own reputation.