“ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh 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. 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 Yahweh. 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, neither those who plastered it;
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“ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh 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. 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 Yahweh. 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, neither those who plastered it; 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 Yahweh.’ ”
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“ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh 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.
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 Yahweh.
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, neither those who plastered it;
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
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.
Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in Mine anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with whited plaster, 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 the LORD.
Thus will I spend My fury upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with whited plaster; and I will say unto you: The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
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- Isaiah 30:30 (v13) Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of…
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- Jeremiah 6:15 (v14) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall…
- Jeremiah 14:15 (v14) Therefore Yahweh says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be…
- Micah 1:6 (v14) Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the…
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- Psalms 18:12-13 (v13) At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire. Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered…
- Ezekiel 13:9 (v14) “My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who utter lying divinations. They will not be in the council of my people,…
- Ezekiel 13:23 (v14) Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that…
- Habakkuk 3:13 (v14) You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You…
- Exodus 9:18-29 (v13) Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded…
- Leviticus 26:28 (v13) then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.
- Nehemiah 4:3 (v15) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
- Psalms 11:3 (v14) If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
- Psalms 62:3 (v15) How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
- Psalms 105:32 (v13) He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
- Psalms 107:25 (v13) For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
- Isaiah 30:13 (v15) therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an…
- Jeremiah 8:12 (v14) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall…
- Jeremiah 23:15 (v14) Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for…
- Jeremiah 23:19 (v13) Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm: It will burst on the head of the wicked.
- Ezekiel 13:21 (v14) I will also tear your kerchiefs, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they will be no more in your hand to be hunted. Then you will…
- Ezekiel 14:8 (v14) I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among my…
- Jonah 1:4 (v13) But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
- Haggai 2:17 (v13) I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t turn to me,’ says Yahweh.
- Matthew 7:26-27 (v14) Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. The rain came…
- Luke 6:49 (v14) But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and…
- 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (v14) For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. But if anyone builds on the foundation with…
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv13–15 He still pursues the same sentiment; but he says…
He still pursues the same sentiment; but he says he will send forth storms and hail, and a whirlwind. He formerly spoke of hail, and showers, and violent storms; but he now says, that those winds, storms, and showers should be at hand to obey him. We see, therefore, that this verse does not differ from the former, unless in God’s showing more clearly that he would send forth storms, whirlwind, and hail to overthrow the empty building which the false prophets had raised. It follows —
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v15 Whereby is meant whatsoever man of himself setteth forth…
Whereby is meant whatsoever man of himself setteth forth under the authority of God’s word.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv13–15 Eze 13:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I…
Eze 13:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend [it] with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in [my] fury to consume [it].
Ver. 13. I will even rend it with a stormy wind.] Vento turbinum; with a whirlwind or hurricane. See Isa 25:4; Isa 29:6 Jer 23:19.
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And great hailstones in my fury.] Thrice in this one Eze 13:11 : is fury threatened, so hot is God’s displeasure against seducers.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv13–15 This confirms what was said Eze 13:11, where it…
This confirms what was said Eze 13:11, where it is explained. This verse addeth that God will do this by his hand, and in anger and fury, taking vengeance on this scoffing, atheisticaI, and secure generation in his just displeasure; he will execute the fierceness of his anger upon prince, prophets, people, city, and all their confederates.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv13–15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall,....…
Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall,.... Or upon the city, as the Targum; pour out all his indignation, and inflict just punishment upon the city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants:
and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar; the false prophets: so the Targum,
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"and the false prophets that prophesy in it false prophecies:''
and will say unto you, the wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; neither the city of Jerusalem, nor the prophets that prophesied of its safety; nor their false prophecies; nor the vain hopes of the people they fed them with: so the Targum,
"there is no city, nor false prophets.''
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Ye shall know - Those that deceived others, will…
Ye shall know - Those that deceived others, will in the end be found to have deceived themselves. And no doom will be more fearful, than that of unfaithful ministers.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v14 You. Literally, "it." But Hebrew and Septuagint have, "ye."…
You. Literally, "it." But Hebrew and Septuagint have, "ye." (Haydock) --- The wall and the inhabitants shall perish. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv13–14 God repeats, in His own name, as the Source…
God repeats, in His own name, as the Source of the coming calamity, what had been expressed generally in Eze 13:11.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv13–15 13. I will even rend it with a stormy…
13. I will even rend it with a stormy wind — Literally, I will cause a stormy wind to break forth. (See Eze_13:11.) The invasion of foreign troops is often compared in Scripture to a storm.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv13–14 13. rent it with a stormy wind] Rather: cause…
13. rent it with a stormy wind] Rather: cause a stormy wind to break forth.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv13, 15 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues to speak of the false security that the prophets have given to the people by speaking of peace as if the prophets had built a poorly-constructed wall and covered it over with white paint in order to make it look good. (See: Metaphor)
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I will bring a windstorm ... completely destroy it.
Yahweh refers to the judgment that he will send upon the people as if it were a severe storm that breaks down the wall. (See: Metaphor)
in my rage ... in my wrath ... in my rage
"because of my rage ... because of my wrath ... because my rage."
lay bare
"uncover"
you will be annihilated in the middle of it all
The phrase "in the middle of it all" refers to the stones of the wall that Yahweh will break down. He speaks of destroying the people in his judgment as if the wall would crush them to death when he breaks it down. AT: "all of its stones will crush you to death" (See: Metaphor)
annihilated
"destroyed"
know that I am Yahweh
When Yahweh says that people will know that he is Yahweh, he is implying that they will know that he is the one true God who has supreme authority and power. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 6:7. AT: "understand that I am Yahweh, the one true God" or "realize that I, Yahweh, have supreme power and authority" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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flood
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know
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