Ezequiel 13:11

11 dize aos que a rebocam de argamassa fraca que ela cairá. Sobrevirá forte chuva, grandes pedras de saraiva cairão, e um vento tempestuoso a fenderá.

Ezequiel 13:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 13:11

Say unto them which daub [it] with untempered [mortar]
The false prophets, that flattered the people with peace, prosperity, and safety: that it shall fall;
the wall they have built and daubed over; the city of Jerusalem shall be taken and destroyed; the predictions of the prophets shall prove lies; and the vain hopes and expectations of the people fail: there shall be an overflowing shower;
that shall wash away the wall with its untempered mortar; meaning the Chaldean army, compared to an overflowing shower of rain, for the multitude of men it, and the force, power, and noise, with which it should come, bearing down all before it; see ( Isaiah 8:7 Isaiah 8:8 ) ; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall;
upon the wall, and break it down: or, "ye, O great hailstones, shall cause [it] to fall" ^F8; or, "I will give great hailstones, [and] it shall fall" ^F9. The word "elgabish", which in some copies is one word, and in others two, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, is either the same with "gabish", which signifies a precious stone, and is rendered pearl in ( Job 28:18 ) ; or it may be, as it seems to be, an Arabic word; and Hottinger ^F11 takes it to be "gypsus", or lime, or the "lapis laminosus", or slate; so the Lord threatens to rain down lime or slate upon them from heaven, which should destroy the wall built with untempered mortar: and a stormy wind shall rend [it];
this seems to signify the same as the overflowing shower, the Chaldean army, compared to a strong tempestuous wind; see ( Jeremiah 4:11-13 ) ; as the hailstones, may signify the king of Babylon, with his princes, nobles, and generals.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (hnlpt vybgla ynba hntaw) "et vos, O lapides grandinis, ruere facietis [aedificium]", Munster.
F9 "Et dabo lapides grandinis, qui corruere facient [parietem]", Pagninus.
F11 Smegma Oriental. l. 1. c. 7. p. 119.

Ezequiel 13:11 In-Context

9 E a minha mão será contra os profetas que vêem vaidade e que adivinham mentira; não estarão no concílio do meu povo, nem nos registros da casa de Israel se escreverão, nem entrarão na terra de Israel; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor Deus.

10 Portanto, sim, porquanto desviaram o meu povo, dizendo: Paz; e não há paz; e quando se edifica uma parede, eis que a rebocam de argamassa fraca;

11 dize aos que a rebocam de argamassa fraca que ela cairá. Sobrevirá forte chuva, grandes pedras de saraiva cairão, e um vento tempestuoso a fenderá.

12 Ora, eis que, caindo a parede, não vos dirão: Onde está o reboco de que a rebocastes?

13 Portanto assim diz o Senhor Deus: fendê-la-ei no meu furor com vento tempestuoso e, na minha ira, farei cair forte chuva, e grandes pedras de saraiva, na minha indignação, para a consumir.