The Hebrew keseth refers to bands or pillows — objects used in false prophecy and divination. The word appears in Ezekiel 13:18–20 in connection with women who 'sew magic charms (kesethoth) on all wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads.'
Keseth appears in one of the most striking anti-false-prophecy passages in the Old Testament. God declares through Ezekiel that these magic armbands were used to 'ensnare souls' (Ezekiel 13:20). The women who used them claimed to speak for God while actually exploiting the vulnerable. The passage reveals that God takes false prophecy with deadly seriousness — it is not mere superstition but soul-hunting. The church must be equally vigilant: every false 'word from God' that manipulates rather than liberates, consoles rather than convicts, is condemned by the same Lord who tore off the kesethoth in Ezekiel's day.