Ezekiel 13:14
in Ezekiel 13I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The repetition of the same threat (see on Eze 13:11) is to awaken the people out of their dream of safety by the certainty of the event. foundation--As the "wall" represents the security of the nation, so the "foundation" is Jerusalem, on the fortifications of which they rested their confidence.
This site's exposition
I will release a windstorm
on Ezekiel 13:13-14
The Lord answers the false coat with real weather. The storm announced in verse 11 comes as the Lord’s own act. “I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed,” and the builders are destroyed.
This site's exposition
its foundation is exposed
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the wall as the nation's sense of security and its foundation as Jerusalem, whose fortifications the people trusted. The prophets who plastered the wall die in its ruins. Their end is the city's end.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 10 and following) Because they have deceived my people, saying: peace, and there is no peace. And he was building a wall: but they were plastering it with mud without straw. Say to those who plaster without mortar, that it will fall. For there will be a overflowing rain: and I will give great stones falling from above, and a stormy wind blowing. Indeed, behold, the wall has fallen. Will it not be said to you, where is the whitewash that you plastered? Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I will unleash the spirit of storms in my anger; and there will be a torrential rain in my fury, and great stones of wrath will be poured out, and I will destroy the wall that you have whitewashed without mortar, and I will level it to the ground; its foundation will be exposed, and it will fall and be consumed in its midst; and you will know that I am the Lord. And I will fulfill my anger against the wall and against those who whitewashed it without mortar; and I will say to you: The wall is no more, and there are no longer any who whitewash it. The prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem see a vision of peace, but there is no peace, says the Lord God. LXX: For they have deceived my people, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace. And this one builds a wall, and these ones plaster it with folly. Say to those who plaster with folly, it will fall. There will be a flooding rain, and I will give great stones for their joints and they will fall. And a wind will come and tear it apart. And behold, the wall has fallen, and they will not say to you, 'Where is the whitewash that you whitewashed with?' Therefore, thus says the Lord Adonai: I will break the spirit of fury that carries away, and rainwill overflow in my anger, and I will bring great stones in fury to a consummation, and I will dig up the wall that you have plastered, and it will fall. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
3, 10 ); and when their vain predictions are disproved, and their vain expectations disappointed, then it will be discovered that there was no ground for either, Hab. iii. The day will declare what every man's work is, and the fire will try it, 1 Cor. iii.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָ֨רַסְתִּ֜י | veharasti | and I will tear down | H2040 → | 43 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַקִּ֨יר | hakir | the wall | H7023 → | 75 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| טַחְתֶּ֥ם | tachtem | you plastered | H2902 → | 12 times |
| תָּפֵ֛ל | tafel | whitewash | H8602 → | 7 times |
| וְהִגַּעְתִּ֥יהוּ | vehiga'tihu | and I will make touch it | H5060 → | 150 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the ground | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְנִגְלָ֣ה | veniglah | and it will be uncovered | H1540 → | 186 times |
| יְסֹד֑וֹ | yesodo | foundation[s] its | H3247 → | |
| וְנָֽפְלָה֙ | venafelah | and it will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| וּכְלִיתֶ֣ם | ukhelitem | and you will come to an end | H3615 → | 208 times |
| בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ | betokhah | in [the] midst of it | H8432 → | 418 times |
| וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם | vida'tem | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהָ֨רַסְתִּ֜יand I will tear down
veharastiH2040 →43 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַקִּ֨ירthe wall
hakirH7023 →75 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
טַחְתֶּ֥םyou plastered
tachtemH2902 →12 times
תָּפֵ֛לwhitewash
tafelH8602 →7 times
וְהִגַּעְתִּ֥יהוּand I will make touch it
vehiga'tihuH5060 →150 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe ground
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וְנִגְלָ֣הand it will be uncovered
veniglahH1540 →186 times
יְסֹד֑וֹfoundation[s] its
yesodoH3247 →
וְנָֽפְלָה֙and it will fall
venafelahH5307 →435 times
וּכְלִיתֶ֣םand you will come to an end
ukhelitemH3615 →208 times
בְּתוֹכָ֔הּin [the] midst of it
betokhahH8432 →418 times
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖םand you will know
vida'temH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:12
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish…
- Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 8:12
Through
Ezekiel 13:23therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 13:21
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:21
Through
Ezekiel 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house…
it leads to
- Psalms 69:28
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
- Psalms 87:6
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
- Jeremiah 28:15–17
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Daniel 12:1
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning…
- Psalms 69:28
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.