10 “Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’(A) when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash,(B) 11 therefore, tell those who plaster it that it will fall. Torrential rain will come,(C) and I will send hailstones plunging[a] down, and a windstorm will be released. 12 Now when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coat of whitewash that you put on it?’

13 “So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury. 14 I will tear down the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed.(D) The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 15 After I exhaust My wrath against the wall and against those who plaster it with whitewash, I will say to you: The wall is no more and neither are those who plastered it—

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:11 One Hb ms, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read and you, hailstones, will plunge

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