Ezekiel 13:8–16

⁸“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against you because you have spoken falsely and had lying visions.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. ⁹“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. ^vThey will not be present in the fellowship of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, and they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁰“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’ ^wwhen there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash, ^x11therefore, tell those who plaster it that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, ^yand I will send hailstones plunging ^zdown, and a windstorm will be released. ¹²Now when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coat of whitewash that you put on it?’

¹³“So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury. ¹⁴I will tear down the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. ^aThe city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 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.” ^bThis is the declaration of the Lord God.