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tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.
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A Wall of Lies
Commentators explain the 'wall' as the false hope of peace offered by deceitful prophets. The 'untempered mortar' is their flimsy, substance-less message. Like a wall built with sand instead of cement, their promises looked plausible but were destined to collapse because they were not founded on God's true word.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
Great hailstones. —Hail is unusual in Palestine, but its destructive effects were well known. The figure of this prophecy…
16th Century
Protestant
Here Ezekiel pursues the same metaphor he had used, with a very slight difference, for there is such an agreement that the connection between the f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Say unto them which daub [it] with untempered [mortar] The false prophets, that flattered the people with peace, pro…
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Presbyterian
One false prophet built the wall, set up the notion that Jerusalem should be victorious, and made himself acceptable by it. Others made the matter …
