14 I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it[1] falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord.

Other Translations of Ezekiel 13:14

King James Version

14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

English Standard Version

14 And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

The Message

14 I'll make that wall you've slapped with whitewash collapse. I'll level it to the ground so that only the foundation stones will be left. And in the ruin you'll all die. You'll realize then that I am God.

New King James Version

14 So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

New Living Translation

14 I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 13:14

Commentary on Ezekiel 13:10-16

(Read Ezekiel 13:10-16)

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 yet more plausible and promising; they daubed the wall which the first had built; but they would, ere long, be undeceived when their work was beaten down by the storm of God's just wrath; when the Chaldean army desolated the land. Hopes of peace and happiness, not warranted by the word of God, will cheat men; like a wall well daubed, but ill built.