Ezekiel 13:10

13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” ¹  when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, ²  they coat it with whitewash.

Leviticus 26:43

26:43 The land will be abandoned by them ³  in order that it may make up for ⁴  its Sabbaths while it is made desolate ⁵  without them, ⁶  and they will make up for their iniquity because ⁷  they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred ⁸  my statutes.

¹ tn Or “peace.”

² tn The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202-3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough stones without mortar. This fits the context here comparing the false prophetic messages to a nice coat of whitewash on a structurally unstable wall.

³ tn Heb “from them.” The preposition “from” refers here to the agent of the action (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 455).

⁴ tn The jussive form of the verb with the simple vav (ו) here calls for a translation that expresses purpose.

⁵ tn The verb is the Hophal infinitive construct with the third feminine singular suffix (GKC 182 §67.y; cf. v. 34).

⁶ tn Heb “from them.”

⁷ tn Heb “because and in because,” a double expression, which is used only here and in Ezek 13:10 (without the vav) for emphasis (GKC 492 §158.b).

⁸ tn Heb “and their soul has abhorred.”