Ezekiel 13:10

Context

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.

[13:10] ¹tn Or “peace.”

[13:10] ²tn 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.