Ezekiel 13:12

Ezekiel 13:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
• New International Version (NIV)When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the wall falls, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the coating with which you smeared it?'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?’ ”

Context of Ezekiel 13:12

10It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; 11so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out. Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’” 13Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath. 14So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be consumed in its midst. And you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:12 word by word

וְהִנֵּ֖ה נָפַ֣ל הַקִּ֑יר הֲלוֹא֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אַיֵּ֥ה הַטִּ֖יחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר טַחְתֶּֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• when the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• has fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• will you not be askedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whereאַיֵּה'ayêh · where?H346
• is the plasterטִיחַţîyach · coatingH2915
• with whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you plasteredטוּחַţûach · to overspreadH2902

Cross-references for Ezekiel 13:12

• Deuteronomy 32:37And He will say, ‘Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?
• Judges 9:38Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your boasting now with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them!”
• Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”
• 2 Kings 3:13Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab.”
• Jeremiah 2:37From this place also you will go out With your hands on your head; For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, And you will not prosper with them.”
• Jeremiah 29:31“Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,”
• Jeremiah 37:19Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?
• Lamentations 2:14Your prophets have seen for you False and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your iniquity So as to restore you from captivity, But they have seen for you false and misleading oracles.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 13:12

• 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. 1212. shall it not be said--Your vanity and folly shall be so manifested that it shall pass into a proverb, "Where is the daubing?"Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 13:12

• Hypocrisy
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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