Ezekiel 13 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 13:10

Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
Ezekiel 13:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 13:10 in other translations

BSBBecause they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
WEB“‘Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, “Peace;” and there is no peace. When one builds up a wall, behold, they plaster it with whitewash.
ASVBecause, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar:
YLTBecause, even because, they did cause My people to err, Saying, Peace! and there is no peace, And that one is building a wall, And lo, they are daubing it with chalk.
DARBYBecause, yea because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace! and there is no peace; and one buildeth up a wall, and lo, they daub it with untempered mortar —
BBEBecause, even because they have been guiding my people into error, saying, Peace; when there is no peace; and in the building of a division wall they put whitewash on it:
WebsterBecause, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:

What does Ezekiel 13:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Because, even because--The repetition heightens the emphasis. Peace--safety to the nation. Ezekiel confirms Jr 6:14; 8:11. one--literally, "this one"; said contemptuously, as in 2Ch 28:22. a wall--rather, "a loose wall." Ezekiel had said that the false prophets did not "go up into the gaps, or make up the breaches" (Eze 13:5), as good architects do; now he adds that they make a bustling show of anxiety about repairing the wall; but it is without right mortar, and therefore of no use. one ... others--besides individual effort, they jointly co-operated to delude the people. daubed ... with untempered mortar--as sand without lime, mud without straw [Grotius]. Fairbairn translates, "plaster it with whitewash." But besides the hypocrisy of merely outwardly "daubing" to make the wall look fair (Mt 23:27, 29; Ac 23:3), there is implied the unsoundness of the wall from the absence of true uniting cement; the "untempered cement" answering to the lie of the prophets, who say, in support of their prophecies, "Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord hath not spoken" (Eze 22:28).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 One built up a wall - A true prophet is as a wall of defense to the people. These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defense; but their wall is bad, and their mortar is worse. One gives a lying vision, another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins. The city is about to be besieged; it needs stronger fortifications than what it possesses. The prophet should be as a brazen wall for its defense; and such my prophets would have been had the people received the word from my mouth. But ye have prevented this by your lying vanities; and when you have perverted the people, you pretend to raise up a rampart of specious prophecy, full of fine promises, for their defense. What one false prophet says, another confirms; and this is like daubing over a bad wall with bad mortar, which prevents its blemishes and weaknesses being discovered, though it has no tendency to strengthen the building.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 13:10-16
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 cheat men; like a wall well daubed, but ill built.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 13:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַ֣עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
וּבְיַ֜עַןu.ve.Ya.'anand by causeH3282
הִטְע֧וּhit.'Uthey have led astrayH2937
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּ֛י'a.Mipeople myH5971
לֵאמֹ֥רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
שָׁל֖וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
שָׁל֑וֹםsha.Lom[is] peaceH7965
וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and heH1931
בֹּ֣נֶהBo.neh[is] buildingH1129
חַ֔יִץCha.yitza wallH2434
וְהִנָּ֛םve.hi.Namand there theyH2009
טָחִ֥יםta.Chim[are] plasteringH2902
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
תָּפֵֽל\׃ta.FelwhitewashH8602

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 13:10

  • Ezekiel 22:28

    And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.

  • Ezekiel 13:16

    To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 6:14

    They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • 2 Kings 21:9

    But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 8:11

    For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Jeremiah 14:13

    Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

  • 2 Timothy 3:13

    But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

  • Jeremiah 23:13-15

    And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

  • Jeremiah 28:9

    The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him.

  • 1 Timothy 4:1

    Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

  • Jeremiah 50:6

    My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:12

    And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
seduced.
2Ki 21:9; Pr 12:26; Jer 23:13-15; 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 3:13; 1Jo 2:26
Re 2:20
Peace.
16; Isa 57:21; Jer 4:10; 6:14; 8:11,15; 14:13; 23:17; 28:9; Mal 3:15
and one.These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defence; but their wall is bad, and their morter is worse. One gives a lying vision; another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins.
a wall. or, a slight wall. others.
22:28; 2Ch 18:12; Isa 30:10; Jer 5:31; Mic 2:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 13:9

    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 13:10

    Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

  • Ezekiel 13:11

    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.

Read all of Ezekiel 13

Ezekiel 13:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, y por cuanto engañaron á mi pueblo, diciendo, Paz, no habiendo paz; y el uno edificaba la pared, y he aquí que los otros la encostraban con lodo suelto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Parce que, oui, parce qu’ils égarent mon peuple, disant: Paix! et il n’y a point de paix; et que, si celui-ci bâtit un mur, ceux-là l’enduisent de mauvais mortier,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum, ja, darum daß sie mein Volk irreführen und sprechen: Friede! obwohl kein Friede da ist; und baut dieses eine Wand, siehe, sie bestreichen sie mit Tünche -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		eo quod deceperint populum meum, dicentes: Pax, et non est pax: et ipse ædificabat parietem, illi autem liniebant eum luto absque paleis.