Ezekiel 13:14

14 "So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its ¹foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be ²consumed in its midst. And you will ³know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 13:14

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with
untempered [mortar]
Which is repeated and expressed in these words, both for the sake of confirmation and explanation of what is before said: and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall
be discovered;
meaning the city of Jerusalem, and by these phrases declaring the utter destruction of it; whereby also would be discovered the vain assurances and lying predictions of the false prophets, and which would appear to be entirely groundless: so the Targum,

``and I will destroy the city in which ye have prophesied false prophecies; and I will cause it to fall to the ground, and its foundations shall be discovered:''

and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst of it;
the false prophets perished in the destruction of Jerusalem, and not one of them escaped: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord;
who is true to his word, and able to accomplish it, whether of punishment or of threatening.

Ezekiel 13:14 In-Context

12 "Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, 'Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?"'

13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

14 "So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be consumed in its midst. And you will know that I am the LORD .

15 "Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, 'The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone,

16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,' declares the Lord GOD.

Cross References

• 1. Micah 1:6; Habakkuk 3:13
• 2. Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 14:15
• 3. Ezekiel 13:9