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:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seduced	הִטְע֧וּ hit.'U	H2937	to wander · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
people	עַמִּ֛י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
saying	לֵאמֹ֥ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Peace	שָׁל֖וֹם sha.Lom	H7965	safe · noun, common masculine singular absolute
peace	שָׁל֑וֹם sha.Lom	H7965	safe · noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	בֹּ֣נֶה Bo.neh	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
wall	חַ֔יִץ Cha.yitz	H2434	a wall · noun, common masculine singular absolute
lo	וְהִנָּ֛ם ve.hi.Nam	H2009	lo! · conjunction + interjection + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
daubed	טָחִ֥ים ta.Chim	H2902	to smear · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
untempered	תָּפֵֽל ta.Fel	H8602	plaster (as gummy) or slime · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

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…
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…
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 6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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…
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…
Proverbs 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:10-16

We have here more plain dealing with the false prophets, and some further articles of their doom. We have seen the people made ashamed of the false prophets (though sometimes they had been fond of them) and casting them away, as they shall do their false gods, with indignation; now here we find them as much ashamed of their false prophecies, which they had sometimes depended upon with much assurance. Observe, I. How the people are deceived by the false prophets. Those flatterers seduce them, saying, Peace, and there was no peace, Eze 13:10. They pretended to have seen visions of peace, Eze 13:16. But that could not be, for there was no peace, saith the Lord God. There was no prosperity desig…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:10

Because, even because--The repetition heightens the emphasis. Peace--safety to the nation. Ezekiel confirms Jer 6:14; Jer 8:11. one--literally, "this one"; said contemptuously, as in Ch2 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 transl…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:10

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 speciou…

The Church Fathers

How is the cause helped by the people who dance attendance on these people with itching ears who know neither how to hear nor how to speak? They confound old mire with new cement and, as Ezekiel says, daub a wall with untempered mortar; so that, when the truth comes in a shower, they are brought to nothing.
— Jerome, LETTER 133.4

For there is a peace that does not have an offense, and there is one that has it: which is from love, it does not have an offense; which is from deceit, it has. Therefore, the Prophet also says: Peace, peace; but where is peace (Ezekiel 12:10)? Therefore, let us seek the refuge of peace for sinners; for they conspire against the innocent, they gather together to oppress the righteous, to destroy the widow, or to assault her modesty.
— Ambrose of Milan, Interrogation of Job and David 3.3.6

They who choose to declare their own honor have refused to dwell in [God's] house; and therefore they do not sing a new song with all the earth. For they do not share it with the whole world; and hence they are not building in the house but have erected a whitened wall. How sternly does God threaten the whitened wall?… What is the whitened wall but hypocrisy, that is, pretense? Outside it is bright; inside it is dirt.
— Augustine of Hippo, EXPLANATIONS OF THE PSALMS 96:3

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Dictionary and topics

Dwellings — The materials used in buildings were commonly bricks, sometimes also stones (Lev. 14:40, 42), which were held together by cement (Jer. 43:9) or bitumen (Gen. 11:3). The exterior was usually…
Handicraft — (Acts 18:3; 19:25; Revelation 18:22) A trade was taught to ail the Jewish boys as a necessary part of their education. Even the greatest rabbis maintained themselves by trades (Delitzsch). Says Rabbi…
Mortar — (Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter’s clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14). Also Heb. ‘aphar, usually rendered “dust,” clay or mud used for cement in building (Lev.…
Confidence · FALSE — FALSE
Houses · Of brick or clay: Plastered — Of brick or clay: Plastered
Prophets, False · Prophesied: Peace, when there was no peace — Prophesied: Peace, when there was no peace
Walls · Of houses: Usually plastered — Of houses: Usually plastered

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 13:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 13:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:10

John Calvin on Ezekiel 13:10-11

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 13:8-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 13:10-16

Rashi on Ezekiel 13:10