"... Beginning with 13:1, Ezekiel directly addresses false prophets. The motive statements for their judgments (Ezekiel 13:8, 19, 22) focus on two key issues. The first is the character of their prophetic words. As opposed to Ezekiel’s, which are truly received from YHWH, their prophecies, visions, and inquiries are אְוָשׁ, false/vain and בָזָכּ, deceitful/lying. The primary meaning of אְוָשׁ is “falsehood” or “deceit,” but there are also strong connections to vanity and uselessness as seen in the associations made between the term and idolatry (Psalm 31:7; Jonah 2:9; Jeremiah 18:15 and Psalm 24:4). Given the judgment of those who would inquire of YHWH while still keeping hold of their idolatry in the closing frame of this section (Ezekiel 14:1–11), perhaps the association with idolatry is broadly applicable here as well. This would fit well with the theme that they are to be judged because their source of knowledge is not YHWH ..."