Ezekiel 13:14

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
down	וְהָ֨רַסְתִּ֜י ve.Ha.ras.Ti	H2040	to pull down or in pieces · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
wall	הַקִּ֨יר ha.Kir	H7023	a wall (as built in a trench) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
daubed	טַחְתֶּ֥ם tach.Tem	H2902	to smear · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
untempered	תָּפֵ֛ל ta.Fel	H8602	plaster (as gummy) or slime · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bring	וְהִגַּעְתִּ֥יהוּ ve.hi.ga'.Ti.hu	H5060	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
ground	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
foundation	יְסֹד֑וֹ ye.so.Do	H3247	a foundation (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
discovered	וְנִגְלָ֣ה ve.nig.Lah	H1540	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fall	וְנָֽפְלָה֙ ve.na.fe.Lah	H5307	to fall · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
consumed	וּכְלִיתֶ֣ם u.khe.li.Tem	H3615	to end · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
midst	בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ be.to.Khah	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
know	וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם vi.da'.Tem	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fal…
Jeremiah 14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall no…
Micah 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the vall…
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 shal…
Ezekiel 13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am th…
Habakkuk 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the…
Psalms 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fal…

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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 13:14

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.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:11

There shall be an overflowing shower - That shall wash off this bad mortar; sweep away the ground on which the wall stands, and level it with the earth. In the eastern countries, where the walls are built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are often occasioned by tempestuous rains. Of this sort of materials were the walls of ancient cities made, and hence the reason why no vestige of them remains. Witness Babylon, which was thus built. See the note on Eze 4:1.

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:14

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar,.... Which is repeated and expressed in these words, both for the sake of confirmation and explanation of what is before said: and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered; meaning the city of Jerusalem, and by these phrases declaring the utter destruction of it; whereby also would be discovered the vain assurances and lying predictions of the false prophets, and which would appear to be entirely groundless: so the Targum, "and I will destroy the city in which ye have prophesied false prophecies; and I will cause it to fall to the ground, and its foundations shall be discovered:'…

Dictionary and topics

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.…
Houses · Of brick or clay: Often swept away by torrents — Of brick or clay: Often swept away by torrents
Rain · Often destroyed houses — Often destroyed houses
Walls · Illustrative: (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets — Illustrative: (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets

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 13:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:14

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:11

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:14

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 13:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 13:14

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 13:11

John Gill on Ezekiel 13:14

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 13:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 13:8-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 13:10-16

Rashi on Ezekiel 13:14