Ezekiel 13:9–16

⁹“My hand will be ^hagainst the prophets who envision futility and who ⁱdivine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, ^jnor be written in the record of the house of Israel, ^knor shall they enter into the land of Israel. ^lThen you shall know that I am the Lord God.

¹⁰“Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, ^m‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they ⁿplaster ⁵it with untempered mortar—¹¹say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. ^oThere will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. ¹²Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?’ ”

¹³Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. ¹⁴So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. ^pThen you shall know that I am the Lord.

¹⁵“Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, ‘The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, ¹⁶that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who ^qsee visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord God.