Ezekiel 13:10–16

¹⁰“ ‘Since they have led my people astray by saying, “Peace,”^g when there is no peace, and since when a flimsy wall is being built, they plaster it with whitewash,^{h 11}therefore, tell those plastering it with whitewash that it will fall. Torrential rain will come,ⁱ and I will send hailstones plunging^A down, and a whirlwind will be released. ¹²When the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, “Where’s the whitewash you plastered on it?”

¹³“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a whirlwind in my wrath. Torrential rain will come in my anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury. ¹⁴I will demolish the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed.^j The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹⁵After I exhaust my wrath against the wall and against those who plaster it with whitewash, I will say to you, “The wall is no more and neither are those who plastered it—¹⁶those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.”^k This is the declaration of the Lord God.’