Ezekiel 13:6

13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. 1  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; 2  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. 3 

Ezekiel 13:10-11

13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” 4  when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, 5  they coat it with whitewash. 13:11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones 6  will fall and a violent wind will break out. 7 

1 sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

2 sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

3 tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

4 tn Or “peace.”

5 tn The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202-3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough stones without mortar. This fits the context here comparing the false prophetic messages to a nice coat of whitewash on a structurally unstable wall.

6 tn Heb “and you, O hailstones.”

7 sn A violent wind will break out. God’s judgments are frequently described in storm imagery (Pss 18:7-15; 77:17-18; 83:15; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Jer 23:19; 30:23).