Ezekiel 13:14

Ezekiel 13:14 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 13:14

12When the wall falls down, people will ask them, “Where’s the paint that you used to cover the wall?” 13“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: In my fury I’ll cause a storm to break out. In my anger rain will pour down, and hailstones will destroy the wall. I will tear down the wall that the prophets covered up with paint. I will level it and expose its foundation. When the wall falls, they will be destroyed by it. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 15I will unleash my fury on the wall and on those who covered it up with paint. “ ‘Then I will say to you, “The wall is gone, and so are those who painted it. 16The prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem are gone. Those who said that everything was alright, when it wasn’t alright, are gone, declares the Almighty Lord.” ’

Ezekiel 13:14 word by word

וְהָ֨רַסְתִּ֜י אֶת־הַקִּ֨יר אֲשֶׁר־טַחְתֶּ֥ם תָּפֵ֛ל וְהִגַּעְתִּ֥יהוּ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְנִגְלָ֣ה יְסֹד֑וֹ וְנָֽפְלָה֙ וּכְלִיתֶ֣ם בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So will I break downהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• that ye have daubedטוּחַţûach · to overspreadH2902
• with untemperedתָּפֵלtâphêl · whitewashH8602
• and bringנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• it down to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• so that the foundationיְסוֹדyesôd · foundationH3247
• thereof shall be discoveredגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• and it shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• and ye shall be consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• thereof: and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 13:14

• Psalms 11:3When the foundations ⌞of life⌟ are undermined, what can a righteous person do?”
• Micah 1:6So I will turn Samaria into a pile of rubble, a place for planting vineyards. I will roll its stones down into a valley and expose its foundations.
• Habakkuk 3:13You go out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the wicked household, stripping him bare from head to toe. Selah
• Matthew 7:26“Everyone who hears what I say but doesn’t obey it will be like a foolish person who built a house on sand.
• Luke 6:49The person who hears ⌞what I say⌟ but doesn’t obey it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The floodwaters pushed against it, and that house quickly collapsed and was destroyed.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:11After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that foundation is Jesus Christ.
• Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed when they do disgusting things? No, they’re not ashamed. They don’t even know how to blush. So they will die with those who die. They will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed that they do disgusting things? No, they’re not ashamed. They don’t even know how to blush. So they will die with those who die. They will be brought down when I punish them,’ ” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 14:15“I didn’t send these prophets. Yet, they prophesy in my name that there will be no wars or famines in this land. So this is what I, the Lord, say about them: Wars and famines will bring an end to these prophets.
• Jeremiah 23:15This is what the Lord of Armies says about the prophets: I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness throughout the land.
• Ezekiel 13:9I will use my power against the prophets who see false visions and predict things that don’t come true. They will not help my people make decisions or be recorded in the records of the nation of Israel. They won’t even enter Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 14:8I will reject him, and I will make an example of him. I will exclude him from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 13:14

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 One false prophet built the wall, set up the notion that Jerusalem should be victorious, and made himself acceptable by it. Others made the matter yet more plausible and promising; they daubed the wall which the first had built; but they would, ere long, be undeceived when their work was beaten down by the storm of God's just wrath; when the Chaldean army desolated the land. Hopes of peace and happiness, not warranted by the word of God, will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-16The people's "righteousness" was like a weak wall ready to fall. Instead of urging the people to repent and build their wall properly, the false prophets just painted over it. They told the people that peace would come to Jerusalem. This made the wall look stronger than it was. A heavy rainstorm would reveal its true weakness. Water would seep into the unsealed cracks, wash away the mortar, and cause the stones to fall. In this case, the storm would be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. 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. Grotius makes the "foundation" refer to the false principles on which they rested; Eze 13:16 supports the former view.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 13:14

• Hypocrisy
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In the dictionaries

• Follow
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Habor
• Micaiah
• Revelation
• Untempered
• Greece, Greeks, Grecians
• Mortar
• foundation, founder, founded

Commentaries on Ezekiel 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings