Ezekiel 13:10-16

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ “‘Since they have led my people astray by saying, “Peace,”^(A) when there is no peace, and since when a flimsy wall is being built, they plaster it with whitewash,^{(B) 11} therefore, tell those plastering it with whitewash that it will fall. Torrential rain will come,^(C) and I will send hailstones plunging^[a] down, and a whirlwind will be released. ¹² When the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, “Where’s the whitewash you plastered on it?”

¹³ “‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a whirlwind in my wrath. Torrential rain will come in my anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury. ¹⁴ I will demolish 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 the Lord. 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— ¹⁶ those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.”^(E) This is the declaration of the Lord God.’