Deuteronomy 18:22

18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my ¹  name and the prediction ²  is not fulfilled, ³  then I have ⁴  not spoken it; ⁵  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

Ezekiel 13:10-16

13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” ⁶  when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, ⁷  they coat it with whitewash. 13:11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones ⁸  will fall and a violent wind will break out. ⁹  13:12 When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

13:13 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury. 13:14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, ¹⁰  and you will know that I am the Lord. 13:15 I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you, “The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more – 13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem ¹¹  and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’

[18:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ² tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”

[18:22]  ³ tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”

[18:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”

[13:10]  ⁶ tn Or “peace.”

[13:10]  ⁷ 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.

[13:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and you, O hailstones.”

[13:11]  ⁹ sn A violent wind will break out. God’s judgments are frequently described in storm imagery (Pss 18:7-15; 77:17-18; 83:15; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Jer 23:19; 30:23).

[13:14]  ¹⁰ tn Or “within it,” referring to the city of Jerusalem.

[13:16]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.