Eze 13:10-15 | NETfull | STEP | “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash.

Ezekiel 13:10-15

10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” ^{▼▼ Or “peace.”} when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, ^{▼▼ The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202–3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough stones without mortar. This fits the context here comparing the false prophetic messages to a nice coat of whitewash on a structurally unstable wall.} they coat it with whitewash. 11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones ^{▼▼ Heb “and you, O hailstones.”} will fall and a violent wind will break out. ^{▼▼ A violent wind will break out. God’s judgments are frequently described in storm imagery (Pss 18:7–15; 77:17–18; 83:15; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Jer 23:19; 30:23).} 12 When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

13 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury. 14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, ^{▼▼ Or “within it,” referring to the city of Jerusalem.} and you will know that I am the Lord. 15 I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you, “The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more –