Ezekiel 13:12
10 Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
11 tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
14 I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
- KJV
- Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
- WEB
- Behold, when the wall has fallen, won’t it be said to you, “Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?”
- ASV
- Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
- DARBY
- And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed [it]?
- BLB
- And behold, when the wall has fallen, it will not be said to you⁺, ‘Where [is] the whitewash with which you⁺ plastered [it]?’
- ÅB
- Når så veggen er falt, vil det da ikke bli sagt til dere: Hvor er kalken som dere strøk den over med?
- OTB
- Når muren kollapser, vil folk ikke spørre: "Hvor er kalken dere dekket den med?"
- B1930
- Når så veggen er falt, vil det da ikke bli sagt til eder: Hvor er kalken som I strøk den over med?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 2:14–15
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:31–32
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
Read in context2 Kings 3:13
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:37
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
Read in contextJudges 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
Read in contextJudges 9:38
“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
Read in contextJeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
Read in contextJeremiah 37:19
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
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