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Ezekiel 13:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So I will break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered. It will fall, and you will be consumed in the middle of it. Then you will know that I am the LORD. "
Ezekiel 13:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, won’t it be said to you, “Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?”
13 “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath. There will be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
14 So I will break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered. It will fall, and you will be consumed in the middle of it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
15 Thus I will accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have plastered it with whitewash. I will tell you, ‘The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it—
16 to wit, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace,’” says the Lord GOD.’”
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Ezekiel 13:1
"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 13:2
"“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, ‘Hear the LORD’s word:"
Ezekiel 13:3
"The Lord GOD says, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!"
Ezekiel 13:4
"Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places."
Ezekiel 13:5
"You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the LORD’s day."
Ezekiel 13:6
"They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘The LORD says;’ but the LORD has not sent them. They have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed."
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