Ezekiel 13:11
tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Tell those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, will fall. A stormy wind will tear it.
say unto them that daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- there shall
- It shall wash off this bad morter, sweep away the wall, and level it with the earth. In the East, where the walls are often built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are frequently occasioned by tempestuous rains.
- Ezekiel 38:22; Job 27:21; Psalm 11:6; Psalm 18:13, 14; Psalm 32:6; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 28:2, 15–18; Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 32:19; Nahum 1:3, 7, 8; Matthew 7:25, 27; Luke 6:48, 49