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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 13:11

Great hailstones. — Hail is unusual in Palestine, but its destructive effects were well known. The figure of this prophecy may be compared with the parable of Matthew 7:27.

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See also Ezekiel 13:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 13:11. _THERE SHALL BE AN OVERFLOWING SHOWER_] That shall wash off this bad mortar; sweep away the ground on which the wall stands, and level it with the earth. In the eastern countries...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 13:1. And now the Lord speaks through Ezekiel about the false prophets in the midst of His people. They prophesied out of their own hearts; or as it might be rendered, “Who prophesy from their...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Their doom is therefore sealed. They too will be confounded in the confusion which they have helped to create. They shall be swept off the land of Israel, and their names shall not appear on the regis...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHOWER. rain. Compare Matthew 7:25; Matthew 7:27. WIND. Hebrew ruach. App-9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _and ye, O great hailstones_ The apostrophe to the hailstones is rather unnatural. A different pointing gives the sense, _and I will cause great hailstones to fall_, but the construction is altogether...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1103 DELUSIVE CONFIDENCE REPROVED Ezekiel 13:10. 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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    III. TWO SCATHING ORACLES DELIVERED 13:1-23 In chapter 13 Ezekiel directs his attack against those who spawned the blasphemous proverbs which he has just refuted in Ezekiel 12:21-28. Ezekiel denounce...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THERE SHALL BE...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 GOD WILL PUNISH THE FALSE *PROPHETS – EZEKIEL 13:1-23...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל ־טָחֵ֥י תָפֵ֖ל וְ יִפֹּ֑ל הָיָ֣ה

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The next movement in the prophesying was a denunciation of false prophets and prophetesses. The prophets were not inspired by the Spirit of God, but followed their own spirit. In so doing they had, li...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hailstones. Literally, "stones," like those which fell on the enemies of Josue, (x. 11.; Haydock) or thunderbolts. (Grotius) (Calmet) --- Such will be the fate of all the buildings of the wicked, Mat...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is somewhat very striking and awful in this scripture. One should hardly conceive it possible that any men, much less a multitude of men, should ever go forward unsent, and without authority fro...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 f...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel come an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SAY UNTO THEM WHICH DAUB [IT] WITH UNTEMPERED [MORTAR],.... The false prophets, that flattered the people with peace, prosperity, and safety: THAT IT SHALL FALL; the wall they have built and daubed o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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]. Ver. 11. _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They have seduced my people_, &c. Have made my people to err, both with respect to the greatness of their own guilt, and my displeasure on account of it, as if both were less than they really are, an...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it shall fall, this being the consequence of building so unsafely, even if it was not the intention. THERE SHALL BE AN OVERFLOWING SHOWER, a ver...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UNTO THEM; the meaner and less noted, who follow the arch false prophets, and are as under-workers in this wall. IT SHALL FALL; most certainly its fall shall be the shame and loss of the builders, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 13:11 say H559 (H8798) plaster H2902 (H8802) untempered H8602 fall H5307 (H8799) flooding H7857 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Say to those who daub it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be an overflowing rainstorm, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind will rend it.” Yahweh now declares a vivid...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message against lying prophets. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Since the devil is the father of lies, those put the highest affront upon God who, claiming to be his prophets, tell l...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 13:3. _Woe to the foolish prophets oh Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts._ The vineyards in rough and rocky places, like our bramble, produced the most delicious grapes. Th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _One built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar._ THE WALL DAUBED WITH UNTEMPERED MORTAR I. The text speaks of a wall. Men look about them to discover some sort of wall or other...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 13:1 Chapters Ezekiel 13:1 condemn those who speak false prophecy (ch. Ezekiel 13:1) and ig

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 13:10 A further connection with Jeremiah brackets this second oracle: the false declaration of PEACE (vv. Ezekiel 13:10,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    (4.) OF FALSE PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES (Chap. 13) _Condemnation of the Prophets_ (Ezekiel 13:1) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The declaration in Ezekiel 12:24 was that unsubstantiated and delusive prophecy shou...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 13:1 Another interval follows, and then a fresh and fuller burst of inspiration, manifestly in close connection with Ezekiel 12:21, and to be read in combination with Jer

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 13. THE FALSE IN PROPHECY, ITS CHARACTER AND DOOM. A VERY close connection exists between the subject of this chapter and the one immediately preceding. The former had denounced the false exp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The word of the LORD came unto me saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say unto them that prophesy is out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; T...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 38:22; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 29:6;...

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