Ezekiel 13
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8–16 Therefore, the Lord is against these prophets (verse 8); they will be rejected and made to face His judgment. They are the ones who say, “Peace,” when there is no peace (verse 10); they are the ones who say that all is well, that there is no danger from the Babylonians (see Jeremiah 6:14). They are the ones who build a flimsy wall of security and then whitewash it to make it look stronger than it is (verse 10). God’s judgment—pictured as wind, hailstones and rain (verse 13)—will fall upon that wall and destroy it, together with the false prophets who built it (verses 14–15).
How easy it is to be deceived by “whitewashed walls”! (see Matthew 23:2728). How easy it is to be deceived by the false security of good–looking buildings, of material prosperity. Without God, there is no security and no true PEACE.
17–23 In these verses, God denounces the prophetesses of Judah. They were ensnaring, deceiving the people by means of magic charms (verses 18,20), and in so doing they were breaking the law of MOSES (Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:10–12). They were doing this for dishonest gain (verse 19), which in itself made them unworthy to be called God’s servants (Titus 1:11).