Ezequiel 13:11

11 di, pues, a los que lo recubren con cal, que caerá; vendrá una lluvia torrencial y caeréis vosotras, piedras de granizo, y se desencadenará un viento huracanado.

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 Y estará mi mano contra los profetas que ven visiones falsas y hablan adivinaciones mentirosas. No estarán en el consejo de mi pueblo, no serán inscritos en el libro de la casa de Israel, ni entrarán en la tierra de Israel; y sabréis que yo soy el Señor DIOS.

10 Sí, porque han engañado a mi pueblo, diciendo: "¡Paz!", cuando no hay paz. Y cuando alguien edifica un muro, he aquí, ellos lo recubren con cal;

11 di, pues, a los que lo recubren con cal, que caerá; vendrá una lluvia torrencial y caeréis vosotras, piedras de granizo, y se desencadenará un viento huracanado.

12 He aquí, cuando el muro haya caído, ¿no se os preguntará: "¿Dónde está la cal con que lo recubristeis?"

13 Por tanto, así dice el Señor DIOS: En mi enojo haré que un viento huracanado se desencadene; también por mi ira vendrá una lluvia torrencial y granizo para consumirlo con furor.