Ezekiel 13:12

12 and the wall collapses, what's the good of the whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?'

Ezekiel 13:12 In-Context

10 "The fact is that they've lied to my people. They've said, 'No problem; everything's just fine,' when things are not at all fine. When people build a wall, they're right behind them slapping on whitewash.
11 Tell those who are slapping on the whitewash, 'When a torrent of rain comes and the hailstones crash down and the hurricane sweeps in
12 and the wall collapses, what's the good of the whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?'
13 "And that's exactly what will happen. I, God, the Master, say so: 'I'll let the hurricane of my wrath loose, a torrent of my hailstone-anger.
14 I'll make that wall you've slapped with whitewash collapse. I'll level it to the ground so that only the foundation stones will be left. And in the ruin you'll all die. You'll realize then that I am God.
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