Ezekiel 13:15
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.
And after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it—
16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’
17 Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
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.
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- BSB
- And after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it—
- KJV
- Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
- WEB
- Thus I will accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have plastered it with whitewash. I will tell you, ‘The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it—
- ASV
- Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered [mortar]; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
- DARBY
- And I will accomplish my fury upon the wall, and upon them that daub it with untempered [mortar], and will say unto you, The wall is no [more], neither they that daubed it,
- BLB
- And will I accomplish My wrath against the wall, and against those plastering it [with] whitewash; and I will say to you⁺: ‘The wall [is] no more, and those plastering it [are] no more—
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil uttømme min harme på veggen og på dem som strøk den over med kalk, og jeg vil si til dere: Veggen er ikke mere til, heller ikke de som strøk den over,
- OTB
- Så vil jeg bruke min vrede mot muren og mot dem som dekket den med kalk. Jeg vil si til dere: "Muren er borte og det samme er de som kalket den,
- B1930
- Og jeg vil uttømme min harme på veggen og på dem som strøk den over med kalk, og jeg vil si til eder: Veggen er ikke mere til, heller ikke de som strøk den over,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 62:3
How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
Read in contextIsaiah 30:13
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
Read in contextNehemiah 4:3
Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
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