Eze 13:10-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ezek 13:10-16: 13:10-16 The people’s “righteousness” was a flimsy wall in danger of collapse. Rather than doing the hard work of constructing their wall properly by calling the people to repentance, the false prophets were content to give it a coat of whitewash by telling the people that peace would come to Jerusalem . This external touch-up made the wall appear more solid than it was. Its true weakness would be exposed by a heavy rainstorm . Water would flow into the unsealed cracks, wash away the mortar, and allow the stones to fall away. In this case, the storm would be the great flood of God’s anger , which would destroy the people’s pretense to righteousness and the false prophets who had encouraged it. Meanwhile, they would have no peace .

a13:10-16►

b13:17-19►

c13:1-16►

d3:17-21►

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‏ Ezekiel 13:10-17

Summary for Ezek 13:10-16: 13:10-16 ^a The people’s “righteousness” was a flimsy wall in danger of collapse. Rather than doing the hard work of constructing their wall properly by calling the people to repentance, the false prophets were content to give it a coat of whitewash by telling the people that peace would come to Jerusalem. This external touch-up made the wall appear more solid than it was. Its true weakness would be exposed by a heavy rainstorm. Water would flow into the unsealed cracks, wash away the mortar, and allow the stones to fall away. In this case, the storm would be the great flood of God’s anger, which would destroy the people’s pretense to righteousness and the false prophets who had encouraged it. Meanwhile, they would have no peace.
Summary for Ezek 13:17-19: 13:17-19 ^b Like the false male prophets (13:1-16 ^c), some women prophets proclaimed words that came only from their own imaginations. The false male prophets had been using conventional forms of prophecy, but the women used magical techniques involving charms and veils. Motivated by personal gain (a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread), they promised life and death (cp. 3:17-21 ^d; 33:1-9 ^e), but to the wrong people.