Ezekiel 13:13

Ezekiel 13:13 says, Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.  God told Ezekiel that He was going to destroy the wall with the wind of His fury and an overflowing shower of His anger and that His fury would be like giant hailstones.  We need to remember that God had redeemed the people of Israel and entered into a covenant relationship with them, which they now rejected, so they had brought God’s anger and fury on themselves by their actions.  If we don’t accept God’s gracious gift of salvation and enter into a covenant relationship with Him, we will one day face His judgment.   

Verse fourteen adds, 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. God said that the untempered mortar would be discovered and the wall would fall.  The things built by man without God's guidance will always be proven to be untempered, or untrue we could say, and they will always fall when God’s judgment comes if not before.  God said that when this happened that they would be consumed in the middle of the city and would know that He is God.  One day, all those who have refused to put their faith in Jesus Christ will fall, and then they will know that God is God, but it will be too late to do them any good. 

Verse fifteen continues, Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;  God said that when this happened that His wrath on the people for their disbelief would be accomplished.  This wrath would be not just at the wall that people looked at for protection instead of looking to Him, but on the people who built it as well.  God’s wrath will always be on sin and those who have lived committed to sinful actions, those living without looking to Him for salvation and protection, because He has already provided for their salvation and they refused to accept it.  

Verse sixteen concludes, To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.  God then said that this applied to the false priests of Israel who were prophesying peace when there was no peace.  We are never going to find spiritual peace outside the will of God, and those who proclaim this will never be endorsed by God, especially if they proclaim themselves to be His people and proclaim any other way to salvation and peace that is not founded in God’s word.  

Ezekiel 13:9

Ezekiel 13:9 says, And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.  God said that these false prophets would never be a part of the house of Israel when He assembled them together again and their names would not be written in the writing of the house of Israel.  False prophets will never really be a part of the church, and their names will never be written in the Lamb’s book of life.  They may deceive many people, but they will never deceive God, and neither will anyone who professes to be a Christian, but who does not base this on God’s word.   

Verse ten adds, Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:  God said this was because they had preached peace when there was none and built up a wall that would not stand.  Whatever we proclaim to be God’s word that really isn’t and no matter what defense we may think we have in the world today will not stand when God’s judgment comes.  No matter how many people may work together to bring about peace without God, they will never find lasting peace.   

Verse eleven continues, Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.  God told Ezekiel to tell the people who were daubing with untempered mortar and that the wind and rain would destroy it.  It wouldn’t even take an army to destroy this untempered wall, built to defend them without God’s power. It  would be destroyed by the elements.  We will never find protection outside the will of God and whatever we may put our faith in, God can easily destroy.   

Verse twelve adds, Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?  God said when the wall fell, that the people would be asked where the daubing that they did went.  It would have been washed away, and so will any defense that we think we have against evil in the world today outside the will of God.  There is nothing else that will protect us spiritually but faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to God's word.   

Ezekiel 13:5

Ezekiel 13:5 says, Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.  God was still speaking about the false prophets.  He said that they had not stood in the gaps nor made a hedge for the house of Israel in the day of battle.  This is what God said should be happening instead of the prophets running around like foxes looking out for themselves instead of standing on God’s word.  We as followers of Christ should always stand in the gap and present God’s word to the world instead of running around pretending to follow God while only looking out for what is best for us.   

Verse six adds, They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.  God said these false prophets had claimed to present His word to the people, but they were lying about it.  There are many people today, even some who profess to be preachers, who proclaim something that is not God’s word, and they lead too many people astray.   

Verse seven continues, Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?  God asked these false prophets if they had not been lying when they pretended to proclaim God’s word, but He hadn’t given it to them.  They should have known this already, just as those who claim to present God’s word to people today, but it is against what His word says, should know that they are lying.   

Verse eight concludes, Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.  God said that since these false prophets were proclaiming lies to the people in His name that He was against them.  No matter how successful a preacher or even an individual Christian may be in the world today, God will always be against them if they are proclaiming something other than His word.