tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
How, then, can it happen that we can be at rest while God is opposed to us? Thou shalt say, therefore, to those who daub with untempered mortar, it shall fall. Here the Spirit signifies that the false prophets should be subject to the greatest ridicule, when they shall be convicted by the event, and their is shall be proved by clear proof.
The false prophets seduce God's people by crying peace when there is no peace, comparing themselves to those who build a flimsy wall on sand. They cheat sinners by lessening their dread of sin and fear of God, telling idolaters there is neither harm nor danger in their way. This lends them a false authority until the storm comes and exposes the rottenness beneath.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 13:10-16
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Confirming what he had before bid the prophet say, Eze 13:11; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; stormy winds sometimes rend rocks asunder, Kg1 19:11; and much more feeble tottering walls; what is before ascribed to the stormy wind is said to be done here by the Lord himself, making use of that...