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False
"prophetesses" ► |
[17] "And
as for you, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of
your people who are acting as prophetesses out of their own heart,
and prophesy against them. |
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Death "bands" ►
and "veils" are JW
apostate
teachings
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[18] And you must say, 'This is what the Lord Jehovah has said: "Woe to the
women sewing bands together upon all elbows and making veils
upon the head of every size in order to hunt souls! Are the souls that you
women hunt down the ones belonging to My people, and the souls
belonging to you the ones that you preserve alive? |
"Prophetesses"
are those women
who are teaching.
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[19] And
will you profane Me toward My people for the handfuls of barley and
for the morsels of bread, in order to put to death the souls that
ought not to die and in order to preserve alive the souls that ought not
to live by your lie to My people, the hearers of a lie?' |
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[20] Therefore
this is what the Lord Jehovah has said, 'Here I am against the bands of
you women, with which you are hunting down the souls as though they
were flying things, and I will rip them from off your arms
and let go the souls that you are hunting down, souls as though they were
flying things. |
Removing apostate
false
teachings. ►
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[21] And
I will rip away your veils and deliver My people out of your hand,
and they will no more prove to be in your hand something caught in the
hunt; and you will have to know that I am Jehovah. |
Dispiriting them. ►
How apostasy is ►
promoted in
JW
congregations. |
[22] By
reason of dejecting the heart of a righteous one with falsehood,
when I Myself had not caused him pain*,
and for making the hands of a wicked one strong so that he would
not turn back from his bad way in order to preserve him alive.'"
(Ezekiel 13:17-22). |
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This pain*
in the hearts of righteous ones is caused by apostate falsehood, and not by
disciplines from Jehovah. (Heb 12:5,6). Apostates accept the "veil"
of disobedience that false "prophetesses" weave with their
lies, gossip and slander against the headship arrangement of God. The deceit in
these activities dispirits the hearts of righteous ones. By these means these
"daughters" hunt souls, weaving specially tailored "veils"
to put on the male heads of families, young and old alike, so that the
administration of loving discipline from the Word of God does not get through.
But Jehovah will rip away their "veils" and deliver His beloved
people. |
20/12/76.