Ezekiel 13:7-18
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
declares <05002> [behold.]
hand <03027> [mine.]
council <05475> [assembly. or, secret, or council. neither shall they be.]
enter <0935> [neither shall they enter.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
led <02937> [seduced.]
well ...... well <07965> [Peace.]
builds <01129> [and one.]
These false prophets pretend to be a wall of defence; but their wall is bad, and their morter is worse. One gives a lying vision; another pledges himself that it is true; and the people believe what they say, and trust not in God, nor turn from their sins.
wall <02434> [a wall. or, a slight wall. others.]
deluge <07857> [there shall.]
It shall wash off this bad morter, sweep away the wall, and level it with the earth. In the East, where the walls are often built with unbaked bricks, desolations of this kind are frequently occasioned by tempestuous rains.
whitewash <02915> [Where.]
violent <05591> [a stormy.]
hailstones <0417> [and great.]
foundation <03247> [the foundation.]
destroyed <03615> [ye shall be.]
know <03045> [and ye shall know.]
wall ................. wall <07023> [The wall.]
see visions <02377 02374> [see visions.]
peace ........ peace <07965> [and there.]
turn toward <07760 06440> [set thy.]
daughters <01323> [the daughters.]
who ... prophesying ..... Prophesy <05012> [prophesy.]
imagination <03820> [out of.]
Woe <01945> [Woe.]
sew <08609> [that sew.]
Rather,"that fasten cushions;" by which they intimated that they might indulge and repose themselves in security, for no enemy would disturb them. The apartments of the easterns are well supplied with cushions, on which they sit, lean, rest their heads, and prop up their arms.
wrists <0679> [armholes. or, elbows. hunt souls.]
lives ...... lives <02421> [will ye save.]
