Eze 13:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. Because, even because —The repetition heightens the emphasis. Peace — safety to the nation. Ezekiel confirms . one —literally, "this one"; said contemptuously, as in . a wall —rather, "a loose wall." Ezekiel had said that the false prophets did not "go up into the gaps, or make up the breaches" ( ), as good architects do; now he adds that they make a bustling show of anxiety about repairing the wall; but it is without right mortar, and therefore of no use. one . . . others —besides individual effort, they jointly co-operated to delude the people. daubed . . . with untempered mortar —as sand without lime, mud without straw [GROTIUS ]. FAIRBAIRN translates, "plaster it with whitewash." But besides the hypocrisy of merely outwardly "daubing" to make the wall look fair ( ), there is implied the unsoundness of the wall from the absence of true uniting cement; the "untempered cement" answering to the lie of the prophets, who say, in support of their prophecies, "Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord hath not spoken" ( ).

Ezekiel 13:10

10. Because, even because—The repetition heightens the emphasis.

Peace—safety to the nation. Ezekiel confirms Jer 6:14; 8:11.

one—literally, "this one"; said contemptuously, as in 2Ch 28:22.

a wall—rather, "a loose wall." Ezekiel had said that the false prophets did not "go up into the gaps, or make up the breaches" (Eze 13:5), as good architects do; now he adds that they make a bustling show of anxiety about repairing the wall; but it is without right mortar, and therefore of no use.

one . . . others—besides individual effort, they jointly co-operated to delude the people.

daubed . . . with untempered mortar—as sand without lime, mud without straw [GROTIUS]. FAIRBAIRN translates, "plaster it with whitewash." But besides the hypocrisy of merely outwardly "daubing" to make the wall look fair (Mt 23:27, 29; Ac 23:3), there is implied the unsoundness of the wall from the absence of true uniting cement; the "untempered cement" answering to the lie of the prophets, who say, in support of their prophecies, "Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord hath not spoken" (Eze 22:28).