Ezekiel 13:10

They deceive my people, saying “Things will go well for us,” when things will not go well. It as though [MET] the people have built a shaky/weak wall, and the prophets cover it with ◄whitewash/white paint► to make people think that it is a very strong wall.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

In Context

9I will strike/punish all you prophets who falsely say that you have seen visions and prophesy things that are lies. You will not have any place among my people, your names will not be listed in the records of the Israeli people, and you will never return to Israel. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.”

11So, tell those prophets who cover the wall with whitewash that the wall will surely fall down. It will rain very hard. I will send big hailstones to fall. Very strong winds will blow against it.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:9But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.

Proverbs 12:26Godly/Righteous people try to give good advice to their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked people live misleads their friends.

Isaiah 57:21and I, Yahweh, say that things will never ◄go well/be peaceful► for those who are evil.”

Jeremiah 5:31Prophets speak only lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you start to experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”

Jeremiah 8:11They act as though the sins of my people are not serious, like [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, but that is not true; things will not go well with them.

Jeremiah 14:13Then I replied to him, “Yahweh my God, their prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land for many years.”

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:2-10

The Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to… Read the whole commentary →

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